Land Development Agency homes in Cork City will not be ready until early 2025

Delay to delivery of 265 new homes earmarked for the former St Kevin’s Hospital site

The former St Kevin's Hospital site has been derelict for years and was gutted fire in 2017. Picture: Larry Cummins

The body set up five years ago to build homes on State-owned land has been criticised for the slow pace of delivery, after confirmation that its first direct-build homes in Cork City won’t be ready until early 2025.

The latest delay in the Land Development Agency’s (LDA) delivery timeline for the first of 265 new homes earmarked for the former St Kevin’s Hospital site on the Lee Road is contained in an update report for the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage.