Irish PM faces housing crisis in second stint

Bloomberg

Leo Varadkar took over as Ireland’s PM, or Taoiseach, for a second time as part of a coalition deal struck after the 2020 election, with an urgent housing crisis at the top of his agenda.
The Fine Gael leader was elected by the country’s parliament with 87 votes to 62 and appointed to the role by the president following the resignation of Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin.
He’ll preside over the second half of a parliamentary term shared between the two historic rival parties with support from the Greens.
“There are a number of pressing challenges that will define the rest of our term in office,” Varadkar said.
“The first is housing. We must do whatever it takes it solve this social crisis and reverse the trend of rising homelessness and falling homeownership.”