Clare has recorded an all time high for home commencements for the first quarter of 2024.
Monthly data published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage shows there were over 250 residential construction starts here between January and March this year.
A commencement notice is issued to a local building control authority when a person or business intends to carry out works on a property and is generally considered an indicator of construction activity.
So far this year, there have been 77 commencement notices issued to Clare County Council, a jump of 30 on last year’s figures.
Meanwhile, there were 265 home starts in Clare in the first three months of 2024, this marks a 95% increase on the 136 recorded in same period in 2023.
This is also a record high figure for the period since the data series began in 2015.
Additionally, of these home starts, 66 were for one-off residential commencements.
Nationally, there was construction started on almost 12,000 new homes in the first three months of the year, up 63% from the same period last year.
