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Kerry student picks up top national award for project on the housing crisis

May 13, 2026 17:46
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Kerry student picks up top national award for project on the housing crisis
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A Kerry Student has picked up a top national award on her project on the housing crisis.

Grace Diggins, a fifth year student at Causeway Comprehensive School, won gold at the recent Young Economist of the Year awards.

Her project was titled “The Irish Housing Crisis: Has Government Intervention Really Improved Housing Access and Affordability for Young People in Ireland”.

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It followed months of work which included researching CSO data, surveying teachers under the age of 40, and doing international comparisons.

Grace Diggins outlines some of the findings from her award-winning project.

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