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19 Oct '26 |
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Dublin council denies St Edmundsbury housing rezoning but gives green light to two other sites
Sites at Finnstown Castle, between Lucan and Adamstown, and at Coldcut Road, south of the Liffey Valley shopping centre, will be rezoned for housing after the council vote. - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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Investment vehicle sues over financing plan for apartment scheme in Leopardstown
Merleview Ltd has brought Commercial Court proceedings against Burton Carman Ltd, a special purpose vehicle set up to acquire, hold and develop a property at Leopardstown Park with a view, it is claim - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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AIB: House building slides in September
AIB’s construction purchasing managers’ index (PMI) registered 50.4 last month, indicating slight growth in activity on August. Building activity has increased for three months running, AIB said i - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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MyHome.ie: Irish house price inflation slows as affordability constraints bite
“The rate of asking price inflation continues to slow, the number of properties for sale on MyHome is rising, and homebuilding has picked up,” Bank of Ireland chief economist Conall MacCoille said - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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CSO: Property price inflation slows to three-year low of 5.1% as market cools
Sorcha Timoney, NFP Ireland: “Despite the cooling in the housing market, national house prices are still 28.2 per cent above the peak of the Celtic Tiger years, meaning that for many people, house p - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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AIB cuts four-year fixed mortgage rate for borrowers
Based on data from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, new mortgages in Ireland were on average €318,000 in the second quarter of this year.
In the period, the average first-time buyer m - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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Retailers on Dublin’s O’Connell Street hit with legal notices under revamp plan
Circle K, Peter Mark and Allcare Pharmacy all face Dublin City Council enforcement cases over alleged non-compliance with planning codes - Subscribe |
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18 Oct '26 |
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Dublin residents protest against rezoning of land owned by John Magnier and JP McManus
Councillors previously rejected changing the zoning of sites at St Edmundsbury, Finnstown Castle and Coldcut Road - Subscribe |
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16 Oct '26 |
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Construction costs and planning uncertainty outweigh funding concerns for developers
A survey by EY Ireland has shown only 4 per cent of developers and State entities involved in housing delivery and the wider real estate sector believed access to finance was their “most constrainin - Subscribe |
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16 Oct '26 |
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€43bn should have been enough to build 110,000 homes. Only 27,000 were built
It could also be suggested that some or all of the €253 million spent last year alone on the price-inflationary Help to Buy scheme that most recipients do not need, be redirected to improving the pl - Subscribe |
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16 Oct '26 |
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The CSO, MyHome or Daft: who’s right on house prices?
Because they are based on asking prices, the MyHome and Daft reports provide more of an instant snapshot of which way the market is turning.
The CSO estimates the average price paid for a property - Subscribe |
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16 Oct '26 |
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Plan for O’Connell Street restaurant approved, but it is banned from serving takeaways
Kingstonway Limited, the new owners of 2-4 O’Connell Street Lower, applied for planning permission to convert the building into a mixed-use restaurant, retail and office development. - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '26 |
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Permission for Avaio Digital Data centre facility in Killala, Co Mayo overturned
“The applicant has failed to demonstrate that the proposed development would be in accordance with the overarching objectives of the Climate Action Plan 2025,” it said in its ruling. - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '26 |
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Dundrum Town Centre to see flurry of new arrivals and store reopenings
Among other brands to arrive at Dundrum over the coming weeks will be Spanish fashion brand Stradivarius, which will open a new 1,020sq m store. British lifestyle brand Oliver Bonas will also open a n - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '26 |
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The Irish Times view on housing delivery: speed is of the essence
The precise reasons are not clear, but are likely to relate in part to delays getting water, sewerage and electricity connections. Skilled labour shortages and rising costs are also likely to be contr - Subscribe |
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18 Sep '26 |
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Homes taking twice as long to deliver than a decade ago, an average of four years: Central Bank
“The homes that are built now take longer to arrive,” the bank said. “For homes completed so far in 2026, the average duration from lodgment of planning application to completion was four years, - Subscribe |
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17 Sep '26 |
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Central Bank and BPFI paint two different pictures of market, but reach similar conclusion
Differing projections based off essentially similar data brings home the uncertainty of making forecasts such as these. In a general sense, two high-quality economists can look at the same figures and - Subscribe |
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17 Sep '26 |
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Planning permissions for new homes jump 60%: CSO
The agency said the total number of dwelling units approved in between April and June was 11,912, up from 7,447 in the same quarter of 2025. Permissions have averaged around 35,000 a year since 2021. - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '26 |
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Ardstone gets green light for 562 homes Former Jesuit site on Sandford Road and Milltown Road
“The latest application follows a substantial redesign of the proposals by Ardstone in response to concerns raised in legal challenges to the two previous permissions for the site,” Ardstone said. - Subscribe |
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13 Sep '26 |
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Councils expected to zone enough land for 1m new homes, conference hears
Glenveagh projects the total stock of occupied homes in the Republic to double by 2065 (to approximtely four million homes) with that growth front-loaded out to 2040 when demand is highest. - Subscribe |
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