Update: Dublin Chamber casts doubts on planning system after Poolbeg West housing scheme delay

A fast-tracked housing project for Dublin which was due to begin construction in 2017 now faces a three-year delay.

Update - 1.15pm: Dublin Chamber has said it is alarmed that work to build the 3,500 new homes in the Poolbeg West Strategic Development Zone will not begin until 2020.

Dublin Chamber CEO Mary Rose Burke said the delay calls into question the ability of the planning system to deal with the housing crisis and deliver the Government’s Ireland 2040 project.