Ireland has one of the lowest rates of home ownership in Europe.

A leading housing expert says we have a shortage of apartments in Ireland.

Ronan Lyons says we have plenty of houses but not enough apartments when compared to our population structure.

Other EU Countries have around 50 percent of their dwellings in apartments compared to just 12 percent in Ireland.

Assistant Professor of Economics at Trinity College,  Ronan Lyons says supply and demand depends on the structure of the population

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