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Was banning bedsits back in 2013 a mistake?

Bedsits suited students, single people, separated people and many others, and should not have bee...

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07.30 4 Jul 2025


Was banning bedsits back in 2013 a mistake?


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Bedsits suited students, single people, separated people and many others, and should not have been banned in 2013.  

That’s according to Michael McDowell’s latest column in the Irish Times. To discuss further is Tom Phillips, Managing Director of Tom Phillips and Associates and Adjunct Associate Professor of Town Planning, UCD and also Rory Hearne, Housing Spokesperson for the Social Democrats, 


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