President labels Ireland’s housing crisis a ‘disaster’

President Michael D Higgins says housing in Ireland is no longer a crisis, it’s a disaster.

He was speaking at the opening of a centre for homeless young adults in County Kildare.

Latest Government figures show there are more than 10,000 people in homeless accommodation nationally, which doesn’t include refugees or asylum seekers.

Michael D Higgins says there needs to be a change of priorities when it comes to housing:

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