26 percent drop for housing permissions in county
Galway bay fm newsroom - There's been a 26% drop in the number of planning permissions being granted for homes in the county.
39 dwellings in the county were approved in the second quarter of this year, compared to 53 in the same three months last year.
CSO figures also show a 12 % drop in the number of planning permissions for homes in the city.
7 dwellings were approved in the second quarter of this year, compared to 8 the same time last year.
On the national front, there's been a 37 percent increase in planning permissions being granted in the second quarter of 2013, compared to last year.
The majority of planning permissions granted were for houses, up 28 percent.
In all, planning permission was granted for 1,926 dwelling units, almost 1500 of which are houses.