Six social housing apartments priced at €500,000 each

The State has been quoted a cost of €536,638 for a one-bed apartment to be made available for social housing, in a development in South Dublin, writes Irish Examiner reporter Daniel McConnell .

In total, the taxpayer has been handed a bill of €3.5m for just six social housing apartments to be provided in a proposed development of 63 homes at the back of Oatlands College, Mount Merrion.