Image: Lafargue Raphael/ABACA Image: Lafargue Raphael/ABACA PRESIDENT MICHAEL D Higgins’ comments on the housing crisis have caused a lot of reaction in the last few days.
On Tuesday, in an impassioned speech he described Ireland’s housing crisis as a “great failure” and a “disaster”. During tetchy exchanges in the Dáil Tánaiste Leo Varadkar stated that the housing crisis is a “social disaster” for many people but added that successive Governments failed to address it. Not everyone thought it was a good idea for the President to comment – Senator Ger Craughwell who said Higgins crossed the line of the separation of powers.With all that considered we are asking this morning: Was President Higgins right speak to out about Ireland’s housing ‘failure’?Yes No I don't know.
Yes yes and yes
Well someone had to and Thank God it was someone who had this effect on things. !!! Hopefully they will listen !!!
The elected President speaks for our population he is absolutely right in saying what members of the oireachtas wont/can't say
100% right. Someone needs to speak up on behalf of the people who are getting shafted daily.
Absolutely!!
As his Term off President of the Republic of Ireland is Coming to an End. Yes Absolutely . Shame the two Dominant Civil War Political Parties into Doing Something Similar to what they did after we Won Our Independence from the Empire. Finglas Cabra Crumlin Kimmage Drimnah.
Yes
He was very quiet all along about civil liberties re Irish people during lockdown..very quiet about housing before the Ukrainians arrived ..probably shouting now so we will forget about his insensitive comments about Nigerian Catholics being massacred linking it to climate change
And those that disagree are the ones who he is talking about
No he was not.
This virtue signaling is all show to distract from your legacy You signed in a law that was discrimination from a lot of Irish men & woman like apartheid Africa were they could not go in to cinema or restaurant. Everything else is moot
helen_mcsharry Yes of course the truth
Yes million percent 👏
Dead right, too much confussius say crap in this country, hard facts need to be expressed
helen_mcsharry Yes, 100%. I think he’s making amends for his 50 years of supporting right wing governments, enabling partition, ignoring corruption and rubber stamping bad laws as a Labour Party TD. I believe in redemption, and I am pleased to see PresidentIRL Michael D Higgins seeking his.
Yes. Obviously.
Yes.... Someone needs to... Those in government should feel more than uncomfortable about it, they should be totally ashamed
Nigeria
What he said was correct, however, he shouldn't have said it, as its not the role of the President.
It's hard to take him seriously.. He s 4 foot nothing and talks like a cartoon character 😂😂
He can go back to the Dail if he wants to legislate
Yes he was 100% right
Yes he certainly was correct when you realise LeoVaradkar priorities are engaging in verbal altercations instead of looking for solutions.
For the last two Father's day's l was unable to visit my dad due to the Covid-19 restrictions. Now that we are allowed l find that l can't afford the fuel to travel the 400kms. Is this what our Gov want from us?
100% right about this FFG on purpose disaster
We can give out about him … but he knows what he is doing and is listening to our citizens
Ah was wondering when you would drag this up for info collection and spinning the yarn
I think President is a waste of money, as is the Senate. They should be abolished.
As he kicks out his paying tenants from his rental property.
He's the president, he's meant to be apolitical. He's been in Irish politics for 50 years so he's part of the problem and he said nothing while segregation existed in our country. He should keep his head down.
No. Whether he was right or not is irrelevant.
In a private capacity. He knows the boundaries of the presidency & constantly breaks them. If we had a SF president & made speeches about IRA or CAB. Dangerous precedent.
The President lives in a Democracy, he is entitled to express an opinion!