‘Fourth lowest year’ of house builds

The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) has published a map showing the low level of house-building across the country in 2014 and the challenges facing Government in reaching its housing targets.

CIF said the Government, Central Bank, and ESRI all believe there is a need to build 25,000 units every year to meet the country’s demographic needs. In 2014, only 11,016 housing units were completed.

However, the map shows most counties experienced a rise in house-building last year. The largest rise was in Dublin, where 3,268 housing units were completed, up 140% from the 1,360 units built in 2013.