A leading think-tank has warned the Government’s plans could potentially add too much fuel to the economy and lead to another bust.

The Cabinet will hold a special meeting today to discuss “radical” alterations to its national development plan amid mounting criticism of it.

The Government’s 20-year plan for the country will ‘kill rural Ireland’ – and is doomed to fail.

Ireland will need an extra 600,000 jobs and 500,000 more homes over the next two decades.

Ireland’s population is to grow to pre-famine levels and will require an additional 500,000 homes in the next 20 years, a new Government plan has stated.

The Government will outline plans later to strike a balance between urban and rural development.