Irish housing policy is based on an outdated view of how people in Ireland live. The archetypal Irish politician over the past half-century has had a very simple version of Irish-ness: a home is something you need to buy, after getting married and as the first baby is likely on the way – and really, that home should be close to where your home was, as a child. The view of Irish people as akin to salmon, returning to spawn where they once were spawned, is cute but hopelessly out of date. It dates from a time when the most…

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