Developments in the Grand Canal Dock are among those that are out of the reach of most Dubliners Artur Widak/Getty ImagesAbout five years into a housing crisis, Ireland seems to finally be making some steps in the right direction. The most recent statistics show supply is up sharply, albeit from a low base, and there could be 25,000 housing completions in 2019, a level which is near the estimated annual demand for the state. But there are still issues, one of the main ones being the lack of new apartments. The latest stats from the CSO show that just 644 were completed during the third quarter of 2018. This is not an aberration - apartment building has been consistently low for years, and Ireland’s apartment stock is among the lowest in Europe on a per capita basis.

Source: The Times December 26, 2018 23:59 UTC