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NAMA’s concerns about the hoarding of land which should be used for housing could be tackled with increased penalties and incentives contained in an already published Social Democrats’ Bill. The party’s co-leader Catherine Murphy TD said government support for the legislation would show that the Minister for Finance was serious about tackling this problem, which […]

Hundreds of families across Ireland are facing massive rent hikes in the coming weeks.  That’s according to the Social Democrats, who today (21.11.16) called on Taoiseach Enda Kenny to take immediate action to prevent a spike in homelessness this winter.   During Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil this afternoon, Róisín Shortall TD, co-leader of the […]