Connemara housing campaigners ‘astonished’ over draft Gaeltacht planning rules
Thu, Jul 02, 2026
Housing campaigners in Connemara have written to the Minister for the Gaeltacht to express concern over announced plans for rural and Gaeltacht planning guidelines.
A memo was presented to Cabinet yesterday by Housing Minister James Browne and Minister of State for Planning outlining draft planning guidelines for housing in rural and Gaeltacht areas.
The Connemara-based housing campaign group BÁNÚ, however, have expressed concern that the draft statement, as currently written, would actually reduce the percentage of houses in multi-unit Gaeltacht developments that are required to be reserved for Irish speakers.
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