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Ireland’s brittle housing crisis: why it’s broken and how to fix it.

Brittle

How the Housing Crisis is Breaking Ireland – and How to Fix It

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    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2026

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Summary

‘If you read one book on Irish housing, make it Brittle - Lyons understands this crisis better than anyone’ - David McWilliams

‘Magnificent… the most insightful and comprehensive thing I’ve ever read on housing’ - John Burn-Murdoch

Just under half of Irish adults under 40 are living with their parents or in shared accommodation - and almost all of those would rather be living by themselves or with a partner but can’t.

The housing crisis is often spoken of as a bubble, …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781805467137
ISBN-10:1805467131
Author:Ronan Lyons
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Imprint:Atlantic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 October 2026
Dimensions:156mm x 234mm
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Brittle by Ronan Lyons - ISBN: 9781805467137
156 × 234 mm
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What They're Saying

Critics Review

Lyons’s analysis is lucid and persuasive...[he] does not only diagnose our housing maladies but offers detailed suggestions for solutions * Irish Times *
If you read one book on Irish housing, make it Brittle - Lyons understands this crisis better than anyone – David McWilliams, author of MONEY
Magnificent…the most insightful and comprehensive thing I’ve ever read on housing – John Burn-Murdoch * Financial Times *

About The Author

Ronan Lyons

Ronan Lyons is Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, author of the Daft.ie Report and one of Ireland’s leading housing experts. He served on the Government’s Housing Commission and has advised the IMF on housing markets. Educated at Trinity and Oxford, he has published widely on housing, writes a fortnightly column for The Currency and is a frequent media contributor on the economy.

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