In the Dublin City Council area, planning permission was in place for 27,288 new homes – 26,813, or 98.3%, of which are apartments. There were nearly 44,500 units – apartments and houses – with planning permission on which there was no activity taking place. However, the report notes that the number of units with planning permission that were “active” increased by more than 24 per cent year-on-year. The number of inactive units with planning permission was down nearly 10 per cent. The housing supply pipeline monitor, which covers the four local authority areas in Dublin, will indicate that in the third quarter of 2025, there was planning permission in place for 80,580 residential units.

Source: The Irish Times February 16, 2026 15:03 UTC