Taoiseach: Purchase of an entire estate by institutional investor unacceptable
Opposition says there is policy to incentivise and support these private funds to buy up housing, right across the State
Taoiseach Micheál Martin: Our priority is first-time buyers. Picture:Gareth Chaney/Collins
Wed, 05 May, 2021 - 15:54
Aoife Moore, Political Correspondent
The Taoiseach has said the purchase of an entire estate in Kildare by an institutional investor is unacceptable .
Micheál Martin was challenged on the issue after the Sunday Business Post revealed that 135 three- and four-bed homes in an estate in Maynooth had been purchased by Round Hill Capital.
The developers of the Mullen Park estate in the Kildare town had been marketing the homes to private buyers since last year, with around 35 sold so far.
Government s plan to reopen Ireland under renewed pressure
The government is now facing potential shortfalls in vaccination doses and legal questions surrounding the mandatory quarantining system
Grace Godfrey with her twin girls, who need new shoes, outside Kirby s Footwear in Ballincollig, Cork, where she hopes to be able to get the girls fitted for shoes soon. Picture: Denis Minihane
Thu, 01 Apr, 2021 - 07:30
Elaine Loughlin, Daniel McConnell, Shauna Bowers, and Paul Hosford
Several aspects of the Government’s plan to reopen the country are coming under greater scrutiny, with doubts emerging over quarantining plans and vaccination projections.
The scrutiny comes in the wake of the Government’s embarrassing U-turn on the sale of children’s shoes, and growing anger over continued restrictions imposed on maternity hospitals.