Rising tide: 2025 housing supply jumps 20% amid persistent demand
Ireland’s construction sector delivered a total of 36,284 new homes in 2025, — a 20.4% increase on 2024.
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MMC Ireland National Conference – Ireland’s Premier MMC & Industrialised Construction Event Returns
MMC Ireland has announced the return of its flagship national conference on 05 March 2026 at The Johnstown Estate, Co Meath. Bringing together the most influential voices in modern methods of construction, offsite manufacturing, digital delivery and the rapidly emerging industrialised construction movement.
Construction News, Events, Housing, LatestRonan Columb, Group Managing Director, Castlethorn
With 3,500 units on-site and a focus on large-scale placemaking, Castlethorn Group Managing Director Ronan Columb speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about leveraging MMC, delivering vital infrastructure, and the urgent need for the state sector and local authorities to accelerate the pace of policy implementation.
Construction News, Interviews, LatestPhelim O’Neill, Director of Development, Land Development Agency
LDA’s direct delivery pipeline maturing as unit output is set to triple in 2026
Phelim O’Neill, Director of Development, Land Development Agency, speaks with ROBBIE COUSINS about the agency’s significant achievements to date, explaining how its strategic interventions are maintaining vital construction skill sets, and outlining a future defined by dramatic increases in direct delivery and transformative placemaking.
Evara receives planning permission for over 800 new homes in Adamstown
Evara has received planning permission from South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for a major new 877-unit housing and apartment development in Adamstown, Dublin.
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LDA launches Barracksfield West in Naas
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, James Browne, has officially launched the first new homes at Barracksfield West, Naas, Co Kildare.
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LDA to lodge plans for 285 homes at Limerick Gasworks site
The Land Development Agency (LDA) is to lodge plans for 285 new affordable homes at The Gasworks, Dock Road, Limerick. The homes are to be developed on land being acquired by the agency from Gas Networks Ireland (GNI).
Construction News, Featured, Housing, LatestConor O’Connell – The route to delivering more homes for more people
Ireland’s housing crisis deepened in 2024 with fewer homes built, hindered by planning, infrastructure, and zoning issues despite builders’ readiness to deliver. CONOR O’CONNELL, Director, Housing & Planning, Construction Industry Federation, outlines issues that need to be addressed to remove obstacles to housing delivery.
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LDA acquires land in north Dublin with planning for over 1,900 homes
The Land Development Agency (LDA) has announced the acquisition of a new site in Baldoyle in north Dublin, with existing planning permission for 1,931 homes. This site has been earmarked for housing since 2016.
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MEDITE SMARTPLY – A modern approach to tackling Ireland’s housing crisis
David Murray, Head of Technical Affairs & Ireland Sales at MEDITE SMARTPLY, explores the potential of MMC, to ease Ireland’s housing challenges.
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