Fianna Fail promise cash boost for first time buyers

Fianna Fáil's promising a cash bonus to help first-time buyers get on the property ladder.

It's offering up to 10,000 euro for couples – and 5,000 euro for single people – to top up their deposits by 25 per cent.

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Up to 80,000 people could benefit, under a new housing policy that also aims to build 150,000 homes. 

The whole policy would cost over 300 million euro a year – but finance spokesman Michael McGrath says none of Fianna Fáil's policies will be pursued if there isn't enough money to do it