New law will make it harder to hold up housing and infrastructure projects

Jim O'Callaghan was speaking at the annual Liam Lynch commemoration in Fermoy, Co Cork, on Sunday. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Minister for justice Jim O’Callaghan has said new legislation is being prepared to make it harder for individuals or groups to take judicial reviews which hold up housing and infrastructure projects.

Speaking at the annual Liam Lynch commemoration in Fermoy, Co Cork, Mr O’Callaghan said the challenges the State faces to deliver housing “are being compounded by the utilisation of our laws, in certain circumstances, to delay, obfuscate, and undermine the efficient delivery".