The report on the pipeline of housing activity showed that of the 27,288 homes with planning permission in the Dublin City Council area in the third quarter of 2025, 26,813 or 98.3 per cent were apartments. In Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, 15,609 or 88 per cent of the 17,736 new homes with planning permission were apartments. In Fingal, planning permission was in place for 21,022 homes (13,539 or 64.4 per cent of which are apartments), while in the South Dublin County Council area planning permission was in place for 14,534 new homes (9,887 or 68 per cent of which are apartments). There are early signs of that change reflected in the houses and apartments available for sale in Dublin, the commuter counties and beyond. A selection of these developments is included in this week’s Irish Times coverage of new homes.

Source: The Irish Times February 19, 2026 08:06 UTC