In itself, the advice given in the video is fairly uncontroversial, and even, in a narrow sense, helpful. Rory Hearne, the Social Democrats housing spokesperson, described the video as “incredibly insensitive and tone deaf”, as well as “cringe and embarrassing”. His Labour counterpart, Conor Sheehan called it “incredibly distasteful” and “the most patronising thing I’ve ever seen”, as well as a “very blatant admission of failure” by the Government in its dealings with the housing crisis. The Department of Housing quickly took the video down from social media. “It’s a big decision,” the estate agent replies, “how one prefers to die.”The Department of Housing could hardly have spun it better themselves.

Source: The Irish Times December 15, 2025 01:45 UTC