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    Expert comment: Should locals only rules really be abolished?

    Getting rid of ROI ‘locals only’ rules for one-off housing may not necessarily be the answer to haphazard development in the countryside, says planning consultant Diarmuid O’Grada There are some reasons why we should keep ‘locals only’ rules in the countryside – one is the case of wealthy foreigners outbidding locals to live in rural […] More

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    ROI planning permissions up 50 per cent

    Over 50 per cent growth was recorded in the number of dwelling units that gained planning permission from Q1 2016 to Q1 2017, according to recent figures from the ROI Central Statistics Office. The pace of one-off housing continues unabated, as self-builds accounted for 27 per cent of the units that gained planning permission in Q1 […] More

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