Ep 47: Ronan Lyons on the Reasons for the Housing Crisis and Some Obvious Solutions

Ronan Lyons is an assistant professor in the Department of Economics at Trinity College Dublin and an economist at Daft.ie where he conducts extensive research into the Irish property market. He joins Eamon to discuss the situation facing renters, first time buyers and homeowners in the current housing crisis and what the government could be doing to remedy it.

Published: 16/05/2017

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