Building levy rates vary up to 20 times
Surprisingly, the most expensive place to build in the country is not Dublin but Limerick, which costs a developer a full 21.25 times more in levies than if they built the same premises in Donegal.
Between the extremes, rates can vary even within individual towns, with councils using a whole range of different calculations to decide what to charge for connections to public water supplies and sewage systems, provision of street lighting and car parking spaces and other services.
