Where only the wealthy are welcome

AN Irishman’s home may be his castle, but many middle-income people are discovering that even a hovel is beyond their means.

While we remain a nation of house-buyers, middle-income workers will flee the city to look elsewhere for a home they can afford. Even people on incomes €40,000-50,000 a year are struggling.

If you're looking to buy a family house in a city, there's little choice unless you are already on the property ladder or you earn a massive amount of money.

Homelessness is a problem with no political will to address. Frankly, it appears from the spate of tribunals that the will is not what is in question rather, there are neither votes nor money to be reaped from that particular constituency.

Charlie McCreevy's assistance to the already affluent has encouraged investors to buy properties and also helped those home owners looking to buy a second property.

Investors and developers do not care about the homeless, otherwise they would not have voted back in office for another term the only party callous enough to deny that a home to return to every night is a basic human right.

Meanwhile, Fianna Fáil and their partners ill continue to accommodate developers who may, as they did in the past, pay more than lip service to the party which champions their dodgy dealings.

Anthony Woods,

5, Marian Avenue,

Ennis,

Co Clare.