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Wednesday, 12 March 2025 06:48

Councillor and auctioneer John Leahy is concerned about the cost of the county's housing expansion.

Approved housing bodies should step in to help local authorities with excess housing stock - that's the view of an Offaly auctioneer.

Figures from Offaly County Council show that the local authority have 2,217 houses currently in their stock - an increase of 16% from 2019.

Over 700 of those houses are in the Birr area.

Independent Councillor for Birr and auctioneer John Leahy says new factors such as retrofitting could bring future costs:

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