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29th July 2022
04:34pm BST

I don't want to personalise things, but I do of course. The price of houses is shockingly high for young couples. That's why we're bringing in new affordable schemes. I just saw the ones in Boherboy in Cork which are a very, very keen price. We just have to do it on a far greater scale. And I worry about younger people general, the capacity to live in cities that they're born in is becoming less and less of a possibility.Mr Martin added that: "In Ireland, we always had that sense that if you got a job, you got work that over time you will be able to sustain a mortgage. The pricing and the percentage of income has to go. It is too high". Home ownership rates in Ireland have declined since the last crash, with young people in particular affected. A recent ESRI study estimated that 65% of those currently aged 35-44 are likely to become homeowners by retirement age, compared to 90% of those currently aged 65+. Header image via Shutterstock READ NEXT: Ghosting should be illegal- well, that's what a politician in the Philippines is campaigning for