A Co. Cavan man says he is terrified of being "put out" of the mobile home he bought to try and get round the housing crisis.
31-year-old Eoin McGovern lives with his partner Maria and their 20-month-old baby boy and nine month old baby girl in a mobile home in Ballyhaise in Co Cavan.
The couple were renting before their children were born and worked hard and saved hard.
Eoin says it was their dream to have their own home and were mortgage approved but the mortgage was cancelled because Maria became pregnant and had to go on Maternity leave.
This was in 2022 and they had €50,000 saved but not enough to buy anything and a family member suggested that they get a mobile home.
The mobile home is behind the garage so nobody can see it from the road, it's neither an eyesore nor an inconvenience to anybody
Aontú Cllr Sarah O'Reilly, a candidate in the Cavan Monaghan Constituency in the upcoming General Election says planning laws need to be changed to help people house themselves even if it's on a temporary basis.
