Government insists 20-year plan will not lead to downgrade of towns
There have been inaccurate claims that only towns with over 10,000 people would be eligible for future development in the plan
The Minister for Housing, Eoghan Murphy, has rejected claims by Labour TD Alan Kelly that rural towns could be “downgraded” under the new 20-year national plan.
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