The front page of the Business Post recently said that in order to meet population growth as well as demand, Ireland might need to dramatically hike its annual building target to almost  80,000 units.  That’s pretty unlikely at the moment but it’s clear that unified national effort is needed from the public and private sectors. 

Bank of Ireland have hired a new Head of property and project finance business and he’s looking at using the bank’s leverage and financial clout to get shovels in the ground.  John Feeney joined Joe on the show this morning.