Friday's CSO report outlined the number of apartment and housing unit planning permissions granted in the country per county this year.

The plan is one under consideration by the Minister for Housing to tackle the shortage of housing.

The discovery of the mans body was found following a fire at a house near Castlebar yesterday evening

The residents, who have been successfully granted asylum, cannot find a home in order to leave the centres

According to the MyHome.ie report, new home buyers are paying almost 8 times the average annual income for a house.

The blaze broke out just after 6pm on Monday evening.

The man was charged following the incident in the early hours of last Thursday morning.

Thousands of homes are expected to be developed in the region before 2030.