A senator told RTE's Claire Byrne on Monday how he was forced to sleep in car twice after failing to get accommodation in Dublin for the night.
Fianna Fáil Senator Eugene Murphy, from Roscommon, said he was left with no option but to sleep in his car in a service station after struggling to find a hotel room in the capital for less than €200.
This comes as demand for hotel rooms soars with the return of tourists to Ireland following the lifting of Covid restrictions as well as the influx of Ukrainian refugees being placed in temporary housing.
