A housing expert as claimed that Ireland is "broken" in a grim assessment of the current housing crisis.
Dr Rory Hearne, an Assistant Professor in Social Policy at Maynooth University, took to social media to claim that renters are "living in fear" and a whole generation can't afford to buy "a home of their own".
This comes after the Central Bank announced on Wednesday that it had changed its mortgage lending rules - which will cause house prices to rise even more.
