As the government courts more international money for Ireland’s rental sector, tenants say they want more transparency around who they are renting from.
The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make the space.
With Covid-19 restrictions banning outsiders entering Dublin prisons, outreach groups such as the Solas Project and Release are writing letters to inmates as a way to stay in touch.
