Politics

Rory Hearne: The Government needs to come clean on why its housing numbers were so wrong

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have an important question to answer. Were they misleading the public or merely bluffing when they claimed 40,000 homes would be built last year?

The Taoiseach and Tánaiste have an important question to answer. Were they misleading the public or merely bluffing when they claimed 40,000 homes would be built last year? In the run up to November’s election, government spin was relentless. Their message was simple and the promise was categoric — their housing plan was working and 40,000 homes would be delivered.

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