Catherine Kenny: We cannot accept long-term homelessness as an inevitable fact of life

A protester during an eviction ban protest at Parnell Place in Cork City. Picture: Cian O'Regan.
Over the last few weeks, we’ve heard much debate around the eviction ban, which is set to lift on March 31 following a counter motion passed by Government to the Bill proposed by Opposition Parties.
We’ve heard calls for extension, recommendations on an extension period, heart-wrenching stories of tenants facing homelessness, horror stories from landlords on the cusp of homelessness themselves; why it must be extended, why it must be removed.