Changing profile of new home buyers as demand soars

Construction Industry Federation president calculates that just 5,000 Irish people were able to buy their own home last year

Janeville in Carrigaline, Co Cork which is delivering 950 homes over a decade-long time span. 

Just 5,000 Irish people were able to buy their own home last year, the new president of the Construction Industry Federation has calculated.

Shifts in the Irish home building sector over the past 20 years have been starkly outlined by veteran builder Stephen McCarthy, as he steps into a high profile with CIF, the representative body for builders.