Last year followed a similar New Homes pattern to the previous year, with sales volumes continuing to increase and a higher weighting in the first half of the year. Schemes in Cork which commenced in 2017 are nearing completion and are now host to bustling new communities.

Residents in north Dublin have raised fire safety concerns regarding the height of a 16-storey building that Gerry Gannon wants to build at Clongriffin.

One of the country’s best- known developers Gerry Gannon shared a paypot of €603,071 in 2011 and 2010 with two other directors, as business plummeted and losses continued at his main building firm.

Ireland have named a 40-man Under-21 squad for back-to-back games against France this weekend.