Housing, or rather the lack of it and the disproportionate, life-draining cost of it, was the decisive issue for voters under 35 in last month’s election, just as it was for some of their parents and grandparents.

The boss of one of the State's largest house builders -- stock market-listed Glenveagh Properties -- has called for a raft of incentives to boost supply and predicts that, at best, the industry will build only 23,000 homes this year.

Bank of Ireland shares soared 8% and Irish property companies clawed back some of their sharp losses after the election as global markets climbed.

Shares in the Irish housebuilders and the banks tanked, but the cost of borrowing for the Irish State remained at record low levels, as markets reacted to the sweeping electoral gains of Sinn Féin.

He recalled the anecdote as it was announced that Jones, Dido, Diana Ross and Sinead O’Connor are among acts performing this summer at Live at the Marquee 2020.

The stage version of Mrs Brown’s Boys is also coming to the venue, with three shows booked for June 12 and 13.

Shares in housebuilder Cairn Homes rose almost 2% as it said it sold more homes and booked future orders while extending a buyback programme of its own shares.

Meitheal Architects has promoted six key staff to associate level within its practice in Cork.

Shares in Irish house-building firm Glenveagh Properties jumped by more than 2% on the back of a strong trading update showing a surge in the company’s revenues and house sales during 2019.

Irish shares surged after Boris Johnson secured a resounding election victory in the UK, as banks, property, travel firms, and hoteliers tapped into the sharp climb in the value of sterling.

Concert promoter Peter Aiken has said is he is unaware that developers plan to begin work on the Live at the Marquee site at the end of next summer, bringing the long-running concert series to an end.

Irish shares fell sharply as investors took fright as British prime minister Boris Johnson said he would seek an election if MPs fail to back his new Brexit deal in the coming days.

Irish shares fell sharply as investors took fright as Boris Johnson said he would seek an election if MPs fail to back his new Brexit deal in the coming days.

Shares in housebuilders Cairn Homes and Glenveagh Properties fell as Davy cut its price targets for the firms, citing a “significant” slowdown in asking prices outside of Dublin.

Irish shares and Government bond yields fell today as a political manoeuvre by UK prime minister Boris Johnson was seen as boosting the chances of a crash-out Brexit at Halloween and an early British election.

Shares in Glenveagh Properties, one of the largest housebuilders in the State, slid by as much as 7% after it announced its chief executive has quit and said that the gap between supply and demand in the Irish housing market is likely to persist "for some years".

Shares in Cairn Homes fell 1.5% over the news “blow” that its group finance director Tim Kenny is to leave the housebuilder.

Shares in Glenveagh Properties — one of the two stockmarket-listed home builders that have included Cork, Limerick, and Galway in their build plans — rose slightly as the company told its annual shareholders’ meeting it had effectively hit its full-year sales target seven months early.

The building industry will likely “struggle” to build 20,000 homes this year and may never deliver the 30,000-plus new homes that experts predict are needed to fully meet demand, one of the country’s largest house builders has said.

Already immaculately turned out, the new owners of this Blackrock showhouse won’t need to worry about decorating for a while, writes Tommy Barker.

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BUILDER and developer appetites for development sites, especially residential ones, are to be tested in several late, and significant, 2018 Cork city and suburban sales.

Housebuilding firm Glenveagh Properties intends to raise another €200m in equity and use the proceeds to fund further site acquisitions.

A Cork City office building is up for sale with a €16m price tag.

Shares in Glenveagh Properties rose almost 14% above its offer price on its debut on the Irish Stock Exchange as investors hailed the prospects for an Irish house builder focused on building houses.

Glenveagh Properties, which plans to become only the country’s second listed housebuilder after Cairn Homes, said it aims in time to achieve a gross margin of 20% on operations.

Glenveagh Properties, which plans to become only the country’s second listed housebuilder after Cairn Homes, said it aims in time to achieve a gross margin of 20% on operations.