Irish property and construction news

Weekly Irish property market news and insights – for the industry, by the industry

Before we get stuck into the general property news of the week, below are the local and international stories that might be of particular interest:

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  • The new planning bill — forty shades of green or fifty shades of grey? Provisions in the bill which propose to make it more difficult to pursue judicial review of public authorities, if enacted, will mean those awaiting homes and critical infrastructure will suffer and it will have profound impacts on local environmental groups  https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41076338.html

If you missed last week’s round-up, you can catch up here: https://propertydistrict.ie/sunday-roundup/

As always, you might let me know if I have missed out on any relevant property news by emailing  carol@propertydistrict.ie.

(Apologies in advance for any typos, it’s difficult to get good help on a Sunday. Also, I use voice to text dictation so just sound out anything that really doesn’t make sense in a strong rural accent and that should help!)

SUNDAY LISTEN

What started as #PropertyMatters, a 60-minute weekly show on Dublin South FM 93.9FM over 4 years ago, has now evolved into a global online station for the best construction, urban planning, property and proptech content. Check out our website, iPropertyRadio.com, brought to you by Hear Me Roar Media for live and recorded access to all the week’s built environment news.

Want to have your industry podcast included or be a guest on our shows? Reach out to us at hello@ipropertyradio.com. Last year, we hit a massive 7.5 million digital impressions across our brands and this figure is growing – Q4 2022/Q1 2023 we now have an  average of 765,876 digital impressions each month, not including radio listenership and website visits. Huge thanks to all of you for your continued support!

This week on iPropertyRadio…

*Unlocking potential homes across Ireland*

bringing vacant homes back into use

This week on ‘Property Matters’ on iPropertyRadio, host Carol Tallon is joined by Tom Gilligan, Director of Services Mayo County Council to discuss the lack of rental stock, the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant (Croi Conaithe (Towns) Fund Scheme and Mayo County Council’s Home Buyer’s Hero Matchmaking Pilot dedicated to bringing unused properties back into use.

Watch back and listen back: https://ipropertyradio.com/property-matters/


*What’s unique about Siro’s offering to the construction industry?* 

property development in ireland

On ‘Breaking Ground’ on iPropertyRadio.com this week, host Carol Tallon chats to Cian O’Mahony, SIRO Head of Operations and New Developments to discuss the full fibre network built on the ESB network and how this benefits homebuilders – from developers right through to self builders. We also discuss SIRO’s market research on consumer understanding of broadband, connectivity and smart devices in the home.

Watch back and listen back: https://ipropertyradio.com/breaking-ground/

Produced by Hear Me Roar Media https://hearmeroarmedia.com

*iPropertyRadio is part of Ireland’s Property District: https://propertydistrict.ie

PLACEMAKING

OPEN PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

public consultation for new developments
  • Cork city voted number one small European city for economic potential by Financial Times: Cork City was also voted second overall across various categories and fourth for business friendliness in the annual FT results that were recently published  https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41079593.html
  • ‘Bike boxes’ installed on Cork streets: Units have been installed on St Patrick’s Street and Grand Parade and it is understood they will be made available to businesses which are involved in an ongoing cargo bike trial project in the city https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41079599.html
  • Pet escape: could Enniskillen be Ireland’s dog-friendliest town? “As well as being able to stay in my lodge, Vipp also enjoys the novelty of joining me for dinner in the hotel with dogs permitted to dine in the lounge which extends beyond the restaurant.”  https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/travel/arid-41079344.html

CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT NEWS

PROPTECH, ESG, MMC & CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION

  • Proptech Ireland is updating the database of 2023 Irish technology providers for the built environment – From smart design and planning right through to the smart property transaction, where does your Irish-led or Ireland-based proptech  or MMC business sit?  Pease take five minutes to add or update your details to our internationally-shared listing here: SIGN UP HERE: *https://prop-tech.ie/register/ *and email product or service details to hello@prop-tech.ie
  • The building site of the future… from design and production, right through to site management 5G, BIM, big data, automation, artificial intelligence, drones, offsite construction, green, VR, AR, XR… what are we missing?  🔗 prop-tech.ie 

ENERGY, CLIMATE & ENVIRONMENT

  • Wholesale electricity prices fell by 41.4% in January compared with the previous month, falling year-on-year by 19.5%: Figures released by the CSO show a sharp decline in wholesale electricity, following a month-on-month price surge of 93% in December 2022 https://www.irishexaminer.com/business/economy/arid-41077385.html l

RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY NEWS (including PRS)

COMMERCIAL PROPERTY NEWS

INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY NEWS

  • The housebuilding crisis: The UK’s 4 million missing homes – Compared to other European countries, Britain has a backlog of millions of homes that are missing from the housing market. Building these homes is key to solving the nation’s housing crisis | Centre for Cities https://www.centreforcities.org/publication/the-housebuilding-crisis/

FACEBOOK GROUP FOR IRISH PROPERTY BUYERS & INVESTORS

Crowd-sourcing answers topical property questions:

As many of you might know, my annual property book The Irish Property Buyers’ Handbook (since 2011) was rebranded in 2018 and now appears as part of The Property Insider series, published by Oak Tree Press, the first three titles are now published and available here: https://www.amazon.com/Carol-Tallon/

From 2020, the publishers and I wanted to ensure the content remains topical and we are now doing this by crowd-sourcing home buyer and investor queries, with crowd-sourced and editorial team answers.

Join the Facebook Group here to contribute: https://www.facebook.com/groups/IrishPropertyBuyers/

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