Ireland鈥檚 housing hunger
Ireland has booming investment and lots of new jobs. Chris Bowlby discovers how a huge housing crisis is haunting the country鈥檚 young people and challenging its political leaders.
Ireland has booming investment and lots of new jobs. But Chris Bowlby discovers how a huge housing crisis is haunting the country鈥檚 young people in particular. Anger about poor housing, and fear of mass emigration by the young are issues with deep roots in Irish memory. And the housing crisis was a crucial factor in the recent Irish election which shocked the main parties and saw big gains for the nationalists of Sinn Fein . Chris travels to the city of Cork in the southwest of the country. He traces the roots of the crisis in a crazy house buying boom a few years ago. And he hears how a lack of good, affordable housing is affecting everyone from students to young families to Ireland鈥檚 many younger migrants who hope to stay in Ireland, but have nowhere to call home.
(Image: Student rent strike in Cork. Credit: Chris Bowlby/91热爆)
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