Nama transfers 300 acres to Land Development Agency to be used for housing 

Sites in Dublin and Kildare valued at €68.5m can be used to deliver up to 4,500 homes

The two sites are located in Lissenhall, north Dublin, and Celbridge in Kildare, and have the potential to deliver up tp 4,500 homes. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

The National Asset Management Agency (Nama) has handed over two major sites in Dublin and Kildare to the Land Development Agency (LDA), which can be used to deliver up to 4,500 homes.

The transfer has taken effect on foot of a direction by finance minister Paschal Donohoe to Nama and, as a transfer between two State bodies, means the sites will remain in State ownership.