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It is hard to believe you are well off in your 20s and still have to sleep in your childhood bed

The single biggest determinant of whether you would vote for Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael versus one of the opposition parties is whether you own a house

Last week’s research from Ipsos and the NYCI on the challenges facing young people found two thirds of 18-29-year-olds felt housing to be a pressing concern, with nearly half dissatisfied with their current housing situation. Picture: Marc O’Sullivan

The odds may have shortened pretty dramatically in recent months on Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil holding onto power after the next election, but they have an old problem.

It’s literally an ‘old’ problem. There are around one million people in Ireland between the ages of 18 and 34. And the bad news for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael is that, in general, they don’t seem to like them very much – and haven’t for ...