Michael D Higgins remarks on Israel and the housing crisis are just the latest examples of him ‘overstepping the mark’ as president - Coleman
Michael D Higgins ' remarks on Israel and the housing crisis are just the latest examples of him ‘overstepping the mark’ as president, Shane Coleman has claimed.President Higgins also rejected the Taoiseach’s suggestion that the housing and homelessness crises were linked to rising immigration levels.
“Look, people will defend him - many people have - and the other reality is the public don't care and voters don't care. “The truth is, because over 100,000 people have come here for the last couple of years and, I mean, our birthrate, I think is about 60,000 per year, so we have, you know, tripled, more or less, our numbers that we would be expecting.“That doesn't mean that we don't have international obligations, that doesn't mean that we don’t have to put rooves over people's heads and all of that – I’m not saying that.
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