Eight houses for people on council waiting list allocated in Offaly

FOLLOWING the completion of a residential construction project at Bell Lane in Daingean, eight units have been allocated to applicants on the housing waiting list by Offaly County Council.

Another nine units are being built at Circular Road in Daingean and they are expected to be finished by the second quarter of next year. Planning permission will be sought for 10 more houses there.

In Edenderry, four units are almost complete at Sr Senan in the town while in Portarlington the biggest single project currently underway in the Edenderry Municipal District, a 28-unit development at Bog Lane, is under construction.

An 18-unit scheme has been approved for Carrick Hall, Edenderry and the council is seeking interest from other builders.

An approved housing body has sought permission to build 37 units at the former convent in Portarlington and the local authority is in talks with other organisations for schemes in Edenderry.

So far this year, the council has refurbished six houses for reletting in the district.