The Workers' Party wants to stamp out the practice of land hoarding in Dublin. City Councillor Eilish Ryan says the profit to be made from hoarding the land drives up housing prices. Councillor Ryan says it is not going to put developers off holding onto land. Ms Ryan made a call to introduce a new zoning category for vacant lands in Dublin to ensure housing built on those lands is affordable. She says the 'residential' zoning category for land is no longer fit for purpose, and says a new category is needed.

Source: Evening echo March 20, 2018 07:30 UTC