After calling the housing crisis Ireland's 'great, great, great failure' when president, Michael D Higgins is now caught in a row over 39 proposed houses being built right next to his Galway home - THIS is why...

Daily Mail - Oct 10, 2026

The 84-year-old sparked political tensions with the previous Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael-led government when he described the housing crisis as 'disaster' and a 'great, great, great failure'

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