Commercial Property

Housing, planning and land issues are a historic plague in Ireland

The housing crisis can be cured with a strong dose of common sense policies, starting with reducing the high risk associated with obtaining planning permission on greenfield sites

It takes a monumental, collective effort to deliver homes on a greenfield piece of land

In Ireland, land and property are in our DNA and we talk about both incessantly. Unfortunately, that passion is often channelled in a direction that has exacerbated the housing crisis. Social media, for example, while it gives a platform to all, allows those with a lack of accurate facts, knowledge and experience to put out well-intentioned opinions, many of which are simply not credible.

Our fascination with property harks back to centuries of losing it, ...