Simon Coveney 'uncomfortable' with building height restrictions during housing crisis

Housing Minister Simon Coveney has said he is “uncomfortable” with height restrictions adopted by Dublin City councillors at a time of a housing crisis.

Mr Coveney recently made a submission to the Dublin City Development plan calling on councillors to abandon rigid height restrictions for future apartment blocks.

A departmental letter to Dublin City Council warned that the overall effect of these restrictions — adopted by councillors last May as an amendment to the draft city development plan — would “seriously affect the practical delivery” of new housing at a time when it is so urgently needed.