Soaring costs of housing and childcare are taking over as the primary reasons for emigration for the first time in the history of the State, Sinn Fein’s housing spokesman has said.
The crisis is also seeing some older people in their 70s going back into house sharing because they were never able to buy a home.
Eoin O Broin said he is dealing with an extreme case of a couple in their 70s who were evicted.
