RTE Prime Time viewers were disgusted after the former chairman of a housing agency said people should "move somewhere cheaper" if they can't afford to live in Dublin.
Conor Skehan appeared on Thursday's episode of Prime Time to discuss the supply of housing and the cost.
Mr Skehan's comments went down like a lead balloon as he told host Fran McNulty, that it's all about choice.
"If you live in the city you've already made a choice, you've chosen to live in the most expensive part of Ireland by choosing to live in Dublin city," he said. "That's a choice. Move somewhere cheaper".
When McNulty questioned that logic because a lot of people work in the city, the former chairman replied: "We choose where we work as well, we make a whole series of choices and we live by the consequences of it".
Social media was aflutter with reaction to this conversation with very few impressed by the segment.
"Ok Conor great advice - Let’s all just make the simple choice to leave Dublin... doesn’t matter how cheap houses are down the country you won’t be able to buy one if you have no job," one tweeted.
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Another person tweeted: "Conor said it's all the people's fault, great. What should I do if the job I'm in, during a pandemic is in Dublin? Live in Offaly? Cheers great advice".
"Does Conor Skehan realize that’s it’s a countrywide problem, not just Dublin city centre," a third person tweeted.
