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# conor skehan

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# Homelessness
'We have very different values': Focus official hits back at Skehan's comments that homelessness is 'normal'
Mike Allen appeared on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live last night.
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Jan 15th 2019, 7:58 AM
# Homelessness
Former top housing official claims homelessness in Ireland is 'normal'
Former chair of the Housing Agency Conor Skehan made his comments on RTÉ’s Claire Byrne Live last night.
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Jan 8th 2019, 10:33 AM
# Homeless
Conor Skehan criticised for claiming disabled homeless boy's family turned down suitable accommodation
Skehan appeared before the Oireachtas Housing Committee yesterday afternoon.
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Feb 1st 2018, 8:41 AM
# Homelessness
'I'm careful with my words': Conor Skehan stands by his 'gaming the system' comments
The chair of Ireland’s Housing Agency is one of the government’s top advisors.
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Jan 31st 2018, 5:58 PM
# conor skehan
Head of Housing Agency who said homeless families may be 'gaming the system' reappointed for another year
Conor Skehan’s five year stint as chair of the agency was due to end at the beginning of this year.
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Jan 5th 2018, 7:16 PM
# Homelessness
Housing Minister says his department has 'no evidence' of homeless families 'gaming the system'
Murphy was responding to comments from the outgoing chairperson of the Housing Agency.
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Jan 3rd 2018, 3:20 PM
# Homelessness
'No evidence whatsoever' to claims by top housing official that homeless families are 'gaming the system'
Conor Skehan said that families may be “gaming the system” in order to jump up the social housing waiting list.
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Jan 2nd 2018, 3:30 PM
# crisis levels
Government's top housing adviser: 'Homelessness is a normal thing'
The chair of the Housing Agency said we need to move from a situation where we use words like “homeless’” and “crisis” continuously.
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Nov 13th 2017, 1:38 PM
# nothin' goin' on but the rent
"I would never buy a property again," says Government's top housing adviser. "I rent"
Conor Skehan says Irish people must stop thinking of renting as ‘dead money’.
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Nov 24th 2014, 8:01 AM
# not a bubble
Government housing adviser: This is not a crisis, prices have a "natural braking mechanism"
The cost of buying a home in Dublin is up almost 25 per cent on last year, and people have been queuing for houses in Swords this week…
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Sep 7th 2014, 7:50 PM