25% of Kildare-Meath houses built in six years - CSO

The Central Statistics Office said today that a quarter of the houses in Kildare and Meath were built in the six-year period between 1996 and 2002.

The office said in the towns of Sallins, Co Kildare and Ratoath, Co Meath, 70% of the dwellings were built during this period.