Paul Hosford: Labour is all talk on housing reform but the devil is in the lack of detail

Ivana Bacik's plan for a million homes in a decade is so ambitious it is hard to take it seriously

Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik with colleagues after delivering her keynote speech at the party conference in Cork. Pictures: Andy Gibson

One million homes in a decade.

If the Labour Party felt the sting of accusations that its brand of politics was too incrementalist, Ivana Bacik's speech to the party faithful at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork was a decent, but possibly misguided riposte.