NEW BUILDING IN GALWAY DROPS MORE THAN A HALF

Date Published: 18-Jan-2012

The number of new commercial and residential buildings completed in Galway last year was 57 percent lower than 2010.

A survey by GeoDirectory reveals that 688 new buildings were identified last year, compared to 1 thousand 603 the previous year.

Cork city and County recorded the highest number of new buildings at just over 1500 while Leitrim had the smallest with just 154 buildings.

Nationally, the number of new buildings completed last year was 87 percent lower than in 2007 at the height of the building boom.