Help Elect Rory Hearne to Europe

Across Ireland, we are experiencing a social and economic catastrophe in the form of the housing crisis. There is an entire generation of people locked out of buying a home; trapped in a cycle of extortionate rents; stuck living in their childhood bedrooms; forced to emigrate; and, even worse, pushed into homelessness.

As a dad of young children, it breaks my heart that there are still thousands of children in Ireland living in homelessness, growing up in hotels and in family hubs. Like all parents, I worry every day about what the future is going to look like for our children, from the housing crisis to the environment and the growing divide in Ireland.

As an academic in Maynooth for over 10 years, I have seen how the housing, environmental and cost of living crises have impacted on students and people living in Kildare and across the Midlands-North-West constituency. I’ve been contacted by people from across the constituency, from Laois to Donegal, who are living the crisis and looking for solutions and hope.

And there is hope. With enough political will, the housing crisis can be solved. For me, out of all the parties in Ireland, the Social Democrats have demonstrated that political will the most. That’s why I’m proud to be running on behalf of the party in the European Elections this year.

As an MEP, I want to stand up for generation locked out by bringing the housing crisis to the top of the political agenda in Europe, and by using my role to put pressure on the Irish Government to implement the solutions and bring about a fairer future for us all.

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