Martin Leahy has performed Everyone Should Have a Home outside parliament every week for two years. After 100 performances, he is pessimistic about change
When Martin Leahy received an eviction notice in 2022 he found himself tumbling into Ireland’s housing crisis – where nothing was affordable.
The musician had moved to the west Cork village of Ballinadee a decade earlier to live cheaply, but even in this remote area rents had rocketed.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/article/2024/may/11/it-was-an-act-of-desperation-irish-singer-on-his-housing-crisis-protest-anthem
Author : Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent
Publish date : 2024-05-11 11:00:25
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