Building boom for McInerney

HOUSE builder McInerney Holdings built 1,186 houses in 2002, up 63% on completions in Ireland and Spain in the previous 12 months, the company said in a trading statement yesterday.

Its building programme going forwards also looks strong with deposits held up by 134% to 726 compared to 310 at year-end 2001.

The bulk of the house completions were in Ireland with 1,011 private and contract houses compared to 808 for the year ended December 2001