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"June is deeply associated with Áine, the Irish goddess of summer, fertility, love, and sovereignty, whose presence is especially felt around the midsummer season."
Changes to funding under the tenant-in-situ scheme mean the council can no longer recoup costs of any immediate refurbishment of the properties.
The Department of Housing has made available €6m to support second-hand home acquisitions, including under the tenant-in-situ scheme.
“I just cannot get over that they didn’t maintain the same level of funding at a minimum, because it’s a bloody great scheme,” says Fine Gael Councillor Tom O’Leary, of the homelessness-prevention scheme.