Developer Michael O’Flynn seeks new measures to spur building

The housing crisis will never be solved unless a national property strategy includes the Government, local authorities, and the private sector, according to one of the country’s most well-known developers.

Cork housebuilder Michael O’Flynn of O’Flynn Construction said it was time the “bad boy” tag attached to developers was removed and that all parties were brought to the table to solve the shortage of housing.

Mr O’Flynn — who was speaking at a Chartered Institute of Management Accountants business breakfast in Cork — said that there was a lack of “joined-up thinking” at the moment that was hampering housebuilding.