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We were thrilled to recently open our latest office in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

“Limerick is an ideal location for us and enables us to better serve new and existing projects across the Mid-West and Southern regions”

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What we’re saying about the world – and what the world is saying about us.

  • Three steps that could clear the housing roadblocks to boosting the supply of new homes Read article

  • Is wooing back big landlords a silver bullet for housing or could it make a bad situation worse? Read article

  • Paul Mitchell speaks on a panel of experts on The Tonight Show, Virgin Media One 11.02.25 Watch here

  • Housing delivery forecast to stagnate and fall well short of targets Read article

  • 'We'd have to ramp up' - Housing target set by Government unlikely to be met Read article

  • Expecting a surge of new homes? Don't believe the 'misleading narrative', experts say Read article

  • Housing experts pour freezing cold water on Government's narrative of turbocharged housing supply Read article

  • Housing output 'could be as low as 30,000 this year' - Mitchell McDermott Read article

  • New home completions predicted to fall well short of targets again this year Read article

  • Just 32,000 homes will be completed this year, says construction industry report Read article

  • Ireland is not the only resource-rich nation that cannot figure out housing Read article

  • What we really need is a low-cost Ryanair for housing Read article

  • Building a two-bed apartment in Dublin now costs almost €600,000 Read article

  • Construction consultancy opens office in Limerick to meet demand in Mid-West and Southern regions Read article

  • Fact checking housing promises: Can the state deliver 50,000 new homes a year, and if so, how? Read article

  • Turning empty offices into student blocks could be a win-win solution Read article

  • How the Government could double new housing output this year just by fixing its own mistakes Read article

  • ‘Closed for business’: Ireland missing out on billions in AI data centre investment Read article

  • A Year's Supply Of Housing Being Held Up By 'Logjam' Read article

  • Nearly 30,000 housing units held up in planning or legal review - report Read article

  • Planning delays add extra €125m to cost of more than 20,000 homes Read article

  • Delays in planning process see 20,000 homes waiting on decision Read article

  • Dublin ‘needs multiples more than the 2,600 hotel rooms built in 2023 in the years to come’ Read article

  • Building of 29,000 homes held up by planning delays or court challanges Read article

  • Housing targets cannot be met without international funding Read article

  • One year's supply of housing is stuck in a planning backlog at An Bord Pleanála Read article

  • Almost 60% of fast-track housing applications in 2022 yet to be decided on bt ABP Read article

  • Apartment construction costs jump €25,000 Read article

  • More than 45,000 homes stuck in planning system Read article

  • Thousands of planned apartments ‘will never get built’ Read article

  • 28,786 housing units in large developments await An Bord Pleanála permission Read article

  • Almost 29,000 SHD units awaiting An Bord Pleanála permission Read article

  • Eviction ban extension would relieve those ‘at the harshest end of the housing crisis’ Read article

  • Over 28,700 units of large developments are awaiting An Bord Pleanála permission Read article

  • More than 45,000 homes stuck in planning system Read article

  • Irish Examiner view: A system no longer fit for purpose Read article

  • In an emergency you take radical action and housing is an emergency Read article

  • Apartment Construction Costs Increase €25,000 Read article

  • 10 minutes with Lisa Cleary of Mitchell McDermott Read article

  • Dublin data centre ban could cost sector €2bn Read article

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