Carlow is the second lowest in the country when it comes to getting new housing projects off the ground this year

New figures from the Dept of Housing shows over 53,000 housing commencement notices were issued nationally up to the end of October.

Of these, 37% were issued in the four Dublin local authorities.

Carlow recorded the second-lowest number of notices among the 28 local authorities, with just 197 units, while Kilkenny issued 876.

Since 2014, Carlow has issued a total of 2,220 notices, compared to Kilkenny’s 3,951.