Sir, – Finally, with Karl Deeter’s excellent article (Pricewatch, August 4th), we have some insightful commentary on the current housing problems affecting Dublin. Media analysis of housing problems has unfortunately been very poor. While it is perhaps inevitable in Ireland that those with a vested interest in high house prices will dominate the airwaves, it is unfortunate that their views are subjected to so little analysis.
A case in point is the extraordinary amount of space that the Irish Mortgage Holders’ Association and New Beginnings are regularly given. Representatives of these organisations are rarely asked hard questions, nor are their interests questioned. Meanwhile, the hundreds of thousands of citizens who rent (at very high prices and often in very poor housing stock) and those who would like to buy a reasonable house or apartment for a reasonable amount of money have absolutely no voice and are largely excluded from the debate.
More robust pieces like that from Deeter will go some way to addressing this deficit. Yours, etc,
BILL CALLAGHAN,
Seafield Road East,
Clontarf,
Dublin 3