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housing crisis
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Mick Barry TD on roots of housing crisis
By Mick Barry TD Just after Christmas, a corpse was found in the grounds of a derelict house…
Seething anger at housing crisis grows
By Katia Hancke On Thursday 5 December, in the middle of the day, thousands of people took to…
10,517 (officially) Homeless at Xmas: End this rotten, rigged system
“I attended court with a young homeless boy who had been charged with theft of a bottle of…
5 reasons to march on 5 December
By Manus Lenihan 60,000 people have joined the Facebook group “Protest Against Homelessness in Ireland,” pledging to march…
O’Devaney Gardens Sell Out by the Greens, Soc Dems and Labour
By Dan O’Rourke The ruling administration of Dublin City Council, composed of Fianna Fáil, Green Party, Social Democrats…
Germany: “Rent madness” checked by campaign for nationalisation
by Lucy Redler, SAV (our sister organisation in Germany) Debates about the need to nationalise housing corporations have…
Housing crisis and landlord abuse of power
By Ruth Coppinger TD Exploitation has always been part and parcel of the private rented sector, including sexual…
‘Budget of Omission’ as key crises in housing, education & health ignored.
• Workers must not be made pay for Brexit – deferral of minimum wage must be opposed. •…
“Co-Living” means innovated bedsits!
By Matt Waine The decision over the summer by An Bord Pleanála to grant permission for 208 “Co-Living”…
Housing crisis: An indictment of the capitalist market
By Colm McCarthy The housing crisis is one of the greatest indictments of this government, and indeed…
