THERE was no change in the number of new homes completed in Limerick in the second quarter of this year compared to the same period last year.
This comes as Housing Minister James Browne boasted news of an average national increase of 35 per cent in the number of new homes completed between April and June this year against 2024 figures.
According to CSO statistics, 225 new dwellings were completed in all of Limerick between April and June this year, no change on the 225 recorded in the same period last year.
That is of an overall 9,214 new homes completed across the country in the period this year – leaving Limerick representing just 2.4 per cent of completions nationwide.
The numbers locally, however, do stand above those recorded in previous years for the same period, with the second quarter of 2023 recording 147 new homes completed, 211 in 2022, 137 in 2021, and just 64 in 2020.
There were 178 homes in Limerick completed in the first three months of this year, CSO stats reveal.
The current period breakdown, from April to June 2025, includes 12 apartments, 80 single houses, and 133 scheme houses (suported by government schemes or funding, such as the First Home or Affordable Purchase Scheme).
Across the second quarter of this year, according to CSO stats, 40 new homes were completed in the Newcastle West municipal district, 40 in Adare Rathkeale, 31 in Cappamore Kilmallock, 68 in the City East District, 43 in City West, and just three in City North.
Reacting to the newly published figures, the Housing Minister said that “supply is central to dealing with all the key challenges in housing”, adding that the newly-published figures are “a welcome development and will be of huge benefit to the families and individuals who will live in these homes”.
“Nonetheless, this government remains committed to achieving its ambitious housing targets and I am determined to accelerate the pace of delivery to ensure even more substantial progress in the period ahead,” he said.
“There is no single solution to our housing challenges, a multi-faceted approach is required. This is why this government has implemented planning reforms to extend permissions for developments approaching the end of their timeframe, introduced targeted measures to increase rental supply and attract investment in the residential sector, and rolled out new supports to assist both prospective homebuyers and renters.”
