Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns has heavily criticised the Government for what she described as the “endless doom loop of failure” over the housing crisis. In a keynote speech at the end of her party’s national conference at the Silver Springs Hotel in Cork city, Ms Cairns said the Government’s housing policies are not working. She said the challenge for Opposition parties is not only to hold the Government to account, “but to come forward with solutions that are credible, costed and will w

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