The crisis in housing and accommodation is now such a well-established feature of Irish life that we are growing inured to contradictions in how that crisis is being addressed.

Earlier this week, this newspaper reported the comments of a Government minister who was pleading on behalf of those involved in renting houses and apartments on a short-term basis.

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