Dublin City Council chief criticised for suggesting UCD SU should build houses to fix shortage

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Dublin City Council chief criticised for suggesting UCD SU should build houses to fix shortage

A students' union president has called for the resignation of Dublin City Council Chief Executive Owen Keegan for a suggesting that students should get into the housing market themselves. Mr Keegan made the remark in a letter to UCD Students' Union President Ruairí Power after he complained about the council allowing a student accommodation provider to convert some units into short-term lets. For more on this we were joined now by Niall Collins Junior Minister for Further and Higher Education. Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

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Dublin City Council chief criticised for suggesting UCD SU should build houses to fix shortage