Dublin City Councillor Tina MacVeigh, of People Before Profit, top, at Dublin City Council meeting last night

Dublin City Councillor Éilis Ryan, of the Workers’ Party, writes:

“Last night Dublin City Councillors guillotined through, without debate, three emergency motions supporting the building of modular housing and the suspension of normal planning and procurement procedures in order to do this.”

“Fine Gael, Labour and Sinn Fein refused to allow debate on the motions, and refused requests to hold an emergency meeting to allow proper discussion of this critical issue. Modular housing should certainly be considered as part of overall attempts to address the housing crisis; but not by making those who are currently homeless even more vulnerable by rushing through ill-thought-out proposals.”

Anyone?

Meanwhile, on Berkeley Street, Dublin 7…

The Peter McVerry Trust has opened Ireland’s first youth café for children and young people who are homeless, or at risk of becoming homeless.

Fair play, in fairness.

Opening of Ireland’s first Youth Cafe for children and youths in homelessness (Peter McVerry Trust)

First 150 modular housing units for homeless to be fast-tracked (Irish Times, September 30, 2015)

Previously: Absolutely Prefabulous

Pics: Peter McVerry Trust