Sinn Féin leader drives home point over ‘Cuckoo fund roadshow’ Mary Lou McDonald accuses the government of cosying up to institutional investors in the housing market
State paid over €200m towards homes bought by cuckoo fundsSinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin condemned the use of public money earmarked for affordable houses to prop up giant institutional funds as ‘an absolute scandal’
Brian Keegan: Taxing investment funds won’t solve the housing crisisThe wholesale purchase of estates is a serious problem, but there are many reasons for the high cost of homes, and the most important is lack of supply
Home truths about funds buying up housesWe may be deeply frustrated that multibillion-euro investors are now competing with individual buyers for houses, but it was the state that invited these funds into Ireland — and it may be tricky to curtail them now