More than 80,000 homes are lying vacant in Ireland despite the ongoing housing crisis, according to new analysis from An Post.

Jude Sherry, director of Anois, and Orla Hegarty, architect & assistant professor at the School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy at UCD, join The Last Word to discuss what could be done to get many of these empty properties back in to use.

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