People building modular homes in back gardens will be able to rent them on private market

Homeowners who build modular cabins at the rear of their properties will be permitted to rent them on the private market, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed.

The Government is due to introduce planning exemptions to allow modular cabins to be built in people’s back gardens without planning permission.

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