Update - 11.32am: The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has said he is considering splitting the rental sector into short-term and long-term lets. [h2]10.32am: Housing Minister: Not all councils 'making great progress' on building homes[/h2]The Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has refused to name and shame councils that are not building enough homes. Mr Murphy claims the entire housing system needs to be restructured to stop it from breaking again. That requires building on local authority land and that does take time, but the local authorities are making great progress as well. "Now not all of them, I'll be honest on that, some local authorities, some in Dublin are doing fantastic work.

Source: Evening echo September 05, 2018 10:30 UTC