The greatest hoarder of vacant properties in this country is the State itself

The controversial Leinster House bike shed What do the housing crisis and the Leinster House bike shed fiasco have in common? They are two examples of this Government’s inability to deliver key public infrastructure efficiently. The €336,000 Leinster House bike shed is just the latest manifestation of the damaging and costly culture of waste within public infrastructure development. The delivery of public housing is similarly stymied by this culture.

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