"James Browne called on by Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin to speed up social housing legal blockages Don't blame it on the weatherman. Getting battered by the storm of outrage in his home town at the lack of flood defences in Enniscorthy, Housing Minister James Browne picked a new tactic. He didn't blame the painfully slow planning system, the failure to build infrastructure or the white pearl mussel blocking the development. Instead, he adopted the novel approach of pointing the finger at Met Éireann for "guarding" information."
"He didn't blame the painfully slow planning system, the failure to build infrastructure or the white pearl mussel blocking the development. Instead, he adopted the novel approach of pointing the finger at Met Éireann for "guarding" information."
Eoin Ó Broin called on James Browne to accelerate efforts to remove legal obstacles that are delaying social housing delivery. Residents in Enniscorthy voiced strong anger over the absence of adequate flood defences. Housing Minister James Browne faced local outrage and responded by shifting blame to Met Éireann for "guarding" information. Browne did not cite the slow planning system, infrastructure failures or ecological issues such as the white pearl mussel as primary causes. The controversy links housing delays, legal blockages and local flood protection concerns, highlighting tensions between ministerial responses and community expectations.
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