Record investment and developer tax breaks: Housing crisis steers Budget 2026
Without question, housing is the number one issue among Irish voters, from those fresh-faced on the electoral register to older generations, the parents and grandparents struggling to see two generations below struggling to get on the property ladder. The housing crisis has arisen as the main topic of concern for all population groups in all the latest major polls, placing it as the top priority for the Government. Responding to the mood music in the streets, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe said this lunchtime that, in preparing for this budget, housing “has been to the forefront of our minds”. It…
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