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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Louise Burne

Fr Peter McVerry apologises to Taoiseach over eviction ban claim

Fr Peter McVerry has apologised to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for saying that he "overrode" Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s desire to extend the eviction moratorium.

In an interview on Wednesday morning, the homelessness campaigner accepted that his source may have given him incorrect information.

Fr McVerry claimed several times this week that he was told the Taoiseach overruled Minister O’Brien on the eviction ban, despite strong protests from Government.

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