May Day march taking place to raise awareness of housing crisis

A march is taking place in Dublin this afternoon to highlight Ireland's housing crisis.

The May Day march will begin at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square at 2.00 p.m.

'This year the Dublin Council of Trade Unions are joining forces with the National Homeless and Housing Coalition to celebrate May Day,' said President of the Dublin Council of Trade Unions Pat Bolger.

We in @IMPACTTU will be supporting this May Day March celebrate #InternationalWorkers Day and call for solutions to housing crisis pic.twitter.com/lI7EmS4w8d

— Joe O'Connor (@Jocser99) April 22, 2017

'The annual May Day march in Dublin marks both the social advances won by working people and calls for support for the struggles being waged today for a better society.'

'Paramount among those struggles is the fight for decent housing for all.'
 
“The march will highlight the fact that housing is a right not a privilege and that public land should be used to build public housing and not for private profit.”

Looking forward to joining @labouryouth members for the May Day march this evening

— Seán Glennon (@SGlennonB) May 1, 2014

'Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government, Simon Coveney, has promised there will be no families in emergency accommodation in hotels by July 2017.'

'We intend to hold him to his word,' said SIPTU campaigns and Equality Organiser, Karan O Loughlin.