Brittle by Ronan Lyons - ISBN: 9781805467137
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Ireland’s brittle housing crisis is crushing a generation.
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Brittle

How the Housing Crisis is Breaking Ireland – and How to Fix It

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    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 October 2026

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Summary

‘If you read one book on Irish housing, make it Brittle - Lyons understands this crisis better than anyone’ DAVID McWILLIAMS

Over 50% of Irish people under 40 are either living with their parents or in share accommodation, unable to live either by themselves or with partners despite that being their preference.

The housing crisis is often spoken of as a bubble, but economics professor Ronan Lyons argues that this metaphor is outdated. Rather, Ireland su…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781805467137
ISBN-10:1805467131
Author:Ronan Lyons
Publisher:Atlantic Books
Imprint:Atlantic Books
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 October 2026
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm
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Critics Review

If you read one book on Irish housing, make it Brittle - Lyons understands this crisis better than anyone – David McWilliams, author of MONEY

About The Author

Ronan Lyons

Ronan Lyons is Professor in Economics at Trinity College Dublin, author of the Daft.ie Report, and one of Ireland’s leading housing experts. He served on the Government’s Housing Commission and has advised the IMF on housing markets. Educated at Trinity and Oxford, he has published widely on housing, writes a fortnightly column for The Currency, and is a frequent media contributor on the economy.

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