Builders warn it may take decades to fix Ireland's housing supply

Builders have rounded on the Government's failure to tackle the housing crisis, saying inertia and flaws in the planning system have stunted the supply of new homes ahead of the lifting of the eviction ban.

On a day when Tánaiste Micheál Martin insisted the Government had "turned the corner" on the crisis, one of the country's leading house builders warned it may take decades for the crippling effect on housing delivery to be fixed.