Ireland

Ambitious proposals to develop a large area of publicly owned brownfield land in Limerick city centre, which include up to 10,000 new homes, have made significant progress.

Danish group Obton and Irish company Shannon Energy have joined forces with plans to spend €300 million on developing an array of solar farms across Ireland.

A planning application has been submitted for the major redevelopment of Waterford city’s North Quays, which is being backed by a Saudi Arabian company.

More than 1,000 homes have been approved by An Bord Pleanála for a site in south Dublin in what is set to be the first large-scale housing development on local authority land in more than a decade.