As we sit down in a quiet corner of a bustling Slieve Russell hotel in Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, the chief executives I have in front of me are landlords to over 23,500 households. Brian O’Gorman leads Clúid (13,629 homes); Aoife Watters is the new CEO of Respond (8,146); and Aidan Culhane heads up the Iveagh Trust (1,732). They are among around 500 delegates taking part in the Irish Council for Social Housing (ICSH) conference, a biennial event taking place this year between the key government announcements of October’s budget and November’s promised new housing plan. Minister for Housing James Browne…

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