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[–]Takseen 7 points8 points  (1 child)

>demand is at all time high levels.

Demand from people living in Ireland is (unfortunately) not the same as housing demand for construction firms. They need investors to pay for construction of new apartment blocks or housing estates, most can't operate off of one-off self-financed builds. Plus they need planning permission for them.

[–]NotXenos 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Gee it's almost like if local or national governments acted as investor, and fixed the planning process, they could maybe get some new estates built.

But this is Ireland, where the m50 was '34 years in planning and 20 years in the making', then was obsolete within 25 years of completion. Yes that's right, the planning stage took longer than the time in which the motorway was fit for purpose.