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Alan Ahearne in the Irish Times: More homes in right places needed to prevent bubble

Apr 30 2014 Posted: 14:53 IST

In an article in the Irish Times of 26^th April 2014, Dr Alan Ahearne, Head of Economics at NUI Galway, writes that the Government's forthcoming strategy document for the construction sector must convince people that there is a plan to ramp up supply of housing in the right places. Otherwise, he writes, there is a danger that recent rapid increases in house prices in parts of the country will become embedded in expectations for future prices.

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