The paper says between 4,000 and 5,000 one-off housing units commence construction each year, and one-off housing makes up more than 40% of new completions in the west and Border regions.
It says that up to €100,000 in various subsidies can be available, and that such one-off houses tend to be much bigger than those in larger multiunit developments. The report says that one-off housing is a long-standing tradition in Ireland. It says such houses play an important role in rural living and continue to be supported in national policy through the national planning framework which aims to achieve more balanced regional growth.Cathal Lombard’s Olympics story sounded too good to be true. In the end, it was