Sir, - I wish to highlight a very serious aspect in the current debate about house prices for first-time buyers.
When we talk about housing, we are not just talking about any commodity. Our houses are also our homes, where we raise our families, and where our young people develop personal qualities that are a vital part of their development as citizens of the future.
The outlook for the future of our society is a bleak one if we cannot provide affordable family homes. - Yours, etc., John McCormack,
Cedarmount Road, Mount Merrion, Co Dublin.