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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
World
Ciaran Bradley & Mostafa Darwish

Ireland's housing crisis: Have Ireland's squatters found a solution to homelessness?

As Ireland’s vacant housing stock reaches a high watermark by European standards, the Irish Mirror spoke to squatters occupying buildings that are going unused.

Ireland’s ‘Housing for All’ policy - published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage - says that addressing building vacancy is a ‘priority objective of the Government.’

Yet tens of thousands of buildings all over the country lie dormant, with many falling into disrepair and near-ruin.

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