Good morning colleagues,

The verdict so far, on the Government's new housing strategy, is that opposition parties "have trenchantly criticised the Government’s Housing Action Plan as a repackaged version of previous plans, while charities and agencies and professional bodies have given a cautious welcome."

The Irish Times leads with news that local authorities are being told to put long-term homeless families with children to the top of the queue for social housing, as part of a concerted Government effort to reduce the number of children in emergency accommodation, while campaigners for Gaeltacht housing are "bitterly disappointed over the lack of urgent measures in the housing plan."