“The summary consequence of this proposal … is that somewhere in the region of 60,000 households, singles, couples, families, over the next 12 months will be asked by Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Lowry and Healy-Rae Independents to pay rent increases in the order of €3,000, €4,000 to €5,000,” he said. People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett said the Government’s argument was similar to that made by the US military during the Vietnam War “when they said ‘We needed to bomb villages in order to save them’”. The Fianna Fáil leader said the reforms would give “stability, clarity and certainty” to renters and landlords into the future and move into “the ending of no-fault evictions”.
Author: Sarah Burns
Published at: 2026-02-11 23:46:14
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