EVICTION BAN 'DIDN'T SHOW RIGHT RESULTS'

Harris resists calls for fresh restrictions

- BY CIARA O'LOUGHLIN and ANGELINA ZHAO

THE Tanaiste has said an emergency ban on no-fault evictions didn't previously have the results hoped, as TDs and senators have urged the Government to reintroduce one.

A new report by the Oireachtas Housing Committee has advised that an emergency ban on no-fault evictions should be reintroduced to help tackle homelessness in Ireland.

This country recently recorded a record level of homelessness, with March figures totalling 17,548 people living in emergency accommodation.