Eamon Ryan, the environment minister, admitted the situation was most acute in Dublin but affected people across the countryThe government will do everything in its power to make sure a generation of young people are not left behind and can afford to buy a home, the Green Party leader has said. Eamon Ryan, the environment minister, said that the housing market was “broken” and needed radical change, which he promised he would help steer from within government. SponsoredRyan made the remarks during an exchange over housing with Pearse Doherty, the Sinn Fein finance spokesman, who said Ryan was part of a coalition government that was “shattering the hopes and ambitions of an entire generation with bad housing policies”. Doherty told leaders’ questions in the Dail that the government was delivering more of the same on housing. On Wednesday the Dail passed the government’s

Source: The Times May 20, 2021 23:00 UTC