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houses and homes, thugs and losing your thatch Modern Ireland.

at the sae time as a squat is illegaly evicted by thugs in central Dublin leaving an activist hospitalised Ireland sees the publication of the Quarterly Housing Bulletin, which revealed that the price of new houses had risen by over 12% in the last year.

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14/07/03: Labour Party’s Joan Burton has accused the government of glossing over its failure to provide sufficient affordable homes

Deputy Burton said the faiure came at a time when the average house price has topped E250,000."

She was speaking following the publication of the Quarterly Housing Bulletin, which revealed that the price of new houses had risen by over 12% in the last year.

"Despite repeated assertions that there would be a slow-down in the housing prices, these figures demonstrate a significant rise on this time last year,” she said.

"In effect, the rate of increase in house prices is three times that of inflation. The average cost of a house in Ireland is E250,000. Yet this government has seen fit to abolish the first-time buyer's grant and cut back on affordable housing schemes.

"Despite Housing Minister Noel Ahern's claims today, the government has failed to control the price of building land. The matter cannot simply be left to the All-Party Committee on the price of building land, and urgent action should be taken immediately,” she said. (14/07/03)

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Comments (9 of 9)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	so many stories. so many people. so few Irish.	four walls bricks and mortar.	Mon Jul 14, 2003 17:49
2	Told You So	Red 1913	Mon Jul 14, 2003 17:54
3	.	.	Mon Jul 14, 2003 18:03
4	ok.	iosaf	Mon Jul 14, 2003 18:40
5	beyond belief!	redandblackjack	Mon Jul 14, 2003 19:08
6	Strange	a	Mon Jul 14, 2003 22:28
7	if you check that website	even stranger trolling	Mon Jul 14, 2003 23:00
8	LP Press Release	Martin	Tue Jul 15, 2003 13:06
9	Red 1913	Observor	Wed Jul 16, 2003 10:47

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