Minister insists right to build one-off rural homes will not be changed 

'The new guidelines clearly state that those who have a need to build their own home in rural Ireland will be permitted to do so if they have a clear economic or social need.'

The right of anyone with a work or family reason to build one-off rural housing will not be changed under new planning guidelines, according to the minister responsible.

Junior Housing Minister Peter Burke, who oversees planning, said people should have "a right to live where they're from".