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# ireland's housing crisis

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Opinion: I've returned to Ireland, I'm an entrepeneur on a good living - I can't afford a home

Eoin Hayes returned to Ireland after years abroad, set up his own business and now rents. He says he cannot get near the property ladder.

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Sep 2nd 2021, 10:30 AM