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'Long way to go' in solving housing crisis

Buyers in Cork need a combined €100,000-plus in salary in order to buy a new house.  This goes up to over €120,000 if you go to Dublin. Is it harder to buy than ever, and why?  Kieran was joined by Brian McCarthy, Socialist Party councillor for Cork City North West and former Chair of the Fiscal Advisory Council and Lecturer in Economics at UCC, Seamus Coffey...

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17.25 7 Dec 2023


'Long way to go' in solving housing crisis


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17.25 7 Dec 2023


Buyers in Cork need a combined €100,000-plus in salary in order to buy a new house. 

This goes up to over €120,000 if you go to Dublin. Is it harder to buy than ever, and why? 

Kieran was joined by Brian McCarthy, Socialist Party councillor for Cork City North West and former Chair of the Fiscal Advisory Council and Lecturer in Economics at UCC, Seamus Coffey...


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