Voters will not "punish" Fine Gael over the deepening housing crisis on Friday, the party's European director of elections has claimed. Social Protection Minister Regina Doherty claimed while the public is "critical", it "does not mean there is an anger out there or a want for change". At a Fine Gael campaign event at Dublin City on Wednesday morning, Ms Doherty said while candidates understand the difficulties with the housing crisis they are not being targeted over it by voters. Despite wide-scale public anger over the deepening problems, which now mean more than 10,000 people are homeless in Ireland including almost 4,000 children - she claimed Fine Gael will not be punished over the situation on Friday. "Our job is to have a solution for each and every citizen in this country to find them a home.

Source: Irish Examiner May 22, 2019 12:44 UTC