There was a 90% decrease 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.
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.
That’s according to data from the Department of Housing.
The figures show that nationally, over 3,400 new homes were started in February, with work on more than 5,400 new homes started since the beginning of this year.
In Kerry last year, construction started on 297 homes; December saw the most commencement notices issued in the county last year at 58.
