A campaign that started off with a focus on Brexit is drawing to a close with all the main parties talking about housing. Politicians from all parties admit a combination of rental prices, lack of property to buy, the arrival of cuckoo funds and growing homeless figures have ensured housing is the number one issue on the doorsteps. But Ms Doherty said people are “engaging” with her colleagues rather than preparing to protest vote. “Yes, people are discussing it with us on the doors which is why we are trying to bring each and every option of houses to people to give them choices. “I really don’t think that people are going to punish us. People are engaging with us. Yes, they are being critical of some policies but that does not mean that there is an anger out there, or there is a want for change,” she said. Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s party is aiming to be the first government party to gain seats in a local election for two decades. It also wants to retain its four MEP seats, and possibly add a fifth through Maria Walsh in the Midlands-North-West constituency. But Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin insisted his… Read full this story
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