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Housing targets will take years to reach according to local editor

May 30, 2025 16:51
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Housing targets will take years to reach according to local editor

According to Daft.ie, there are 325 homes on sale in Cavan and Monaghan, and only 26 can be rented.

The editor of a local newspaper says it will take 'years' for housing supply to reach the target set out by government.

It comes after Housing Minister James Browne admitted it will be 'very difficult' for his department to build the promised number of 41,000 new homes this year.

According to Daft.ie, there are 325 homes on sale in Cavan and Monaghan, and only 26 can be rented.

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Linda O'Reilly is the editor of the Anglo-Celt newspaper in Cavan.

Speaking on the Joe Finnegan Show this morning, she said there is more to the issue than a lack of investment:

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