The Dáil has shut its doors for summer recess — but not before housing shoved everything else off the agenda. The Government's move to relax rural ribbon development rules was billed as a supply-side fix, while EY Ireland forecast 40,000 home completions this year — a 20.4% jump from 2024 and the highest since 2011. Yet even that pace undershoots official targets: stockbroker Davy recently slashed its estimate from 50,000 to 44,000, warning the shortfall will persist...