What brought Vulture funds here in the first place and just why are they buying up our housing estates? Lorcan Sirr, Housing Lecturer at TU Dublin and Marc Mc Sharry, Fianna Fáil TD for Sligo, Leitrim, South Donegal, and North Roscommon joined Pat this morning.

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