There was a 50% increase in the number of commencement notices issued in Kerry within a month.
A commencement notice must be submitted to a local building authority before construction work begins on a new building or major renovation project.
During the first four months of this year alone, there’s been more commencement notices issued in Kerry than there was for the whole of last year.
In all of last year, construction started on 297 homes in the county. However, between January and the end of April this year 401 such notices have been issued in Kerry.
In January this year, construction started on 154 homes in Kerry; that was more than half of the entire number of commencements in the county during 2025.
However, that figure dropped significantly the following month; in February there were just 14 commencement notices issued in Kerry.
The figure rose again in March when 93 such notices were issued marking the start of construction of homes, and there was a significant rise again in April when 140 commencement notices were issued in Kerry.
These figures were released by the Department of Housing.
The figures show that nationally, over 11,000 new homes commenced since the start of the year; that’s up 176% from the same period last year.
