News
2024
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View from the coalface: developers’ take on what is needed to increase new-home supply
The Irish Times | 21 Feb 2024 | Ronald Quinlan
Three leading figures from the construction industry outline measures to support the large-scale delivery of affordable homes.
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Foxrock O’Flynn Group snaps up prime residential site in Foxrock for €10m
The Irish Times | 06 Mar 2024 | Ronald Quinlan
Brighton Road holding has full planning permission in place for development of 57 homes
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Cork developer Michael O’Flynn gets green light for Kildare scheme
The Irish Times | 11 Apr 2024 | Gordon Deegan
Project consists of 36 residential homes and two office or retail units.
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IHBA President Michael Kelleher on how to take a balanced approach to housebuilding
Construction | 16 Apr 16 2024 | Siobhán Breatnach
Michael Kelleher, IHBA President and Group Operations Director of O’ Flynn Group, shares his industry views on what will be a pivotal year for the industry
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Property developer Michael O’Flynn ‘flabbergasted’ by Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s response to commission report
Irish Independent | 2 Jun 2024 | Niamh Horan
Michael O’Flynn accuses the Government of failing to accept the “gravity” of the housing crisis.
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Solving the housing crisis requires new body empowered to clear blockages in system
The Irish Times | 08 Jul 2024 | Michael O'Flynn
Housing Delivery Oversight Executive recommended by Housing Commission would exist for five years and have the power to tackle barriers to housing supply.
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Michael O’Flynn a member of the Housing Commission explains right to housing division
Business Post | 22 October 2024 | Donal MacNamee
Michael O’Flynn and Ronan Lyons opposed the commission’s report on whether people should have a constitutional right to housing
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Michael O’Flynn hits out at new housing targets
Business Post 5 | 10 November 2024 | Killian Woods
The housebuilder said the 303,000 homes targetted will not begin to address pent-up demand
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O’Flynn Group seeks green light to build 550 homes in Cork
Irish Times | 15 November 2024 | Colin Gleeson
Site could provide ‘much-needed housing’ on lands that have ‘long been identified as a crucial area for growth’
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Planning application in Cork for 550 homes near Dunkettle
Irish Examiner | 15 November 2024 | Eoin English
Developer Michael O’Flynn’s O’Flynn Group has lodged the application for a vast site it owns at Dunkettle, south-east of Glanmire under the large-scale residential development (LRD) process
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O’Flynn Group submit planning application for 550 Homes in Glanmire
Business Post | 15 November 2024 | Emma Hanrahan
The proposed development will provide much-needed housing on the Dunkettle lands which have long been identified as a crucial area for growth
2023
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Ibec: Housing challenges affecting Cork's competitiveness
Echo Live | 29 Mar 2023 | Elaine Whelan
Ibec recently published a housing report proposing a suite of measures to speed up the delivery of housing and improve viability and affordability.
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‘Dysfunctional and illogical’: Developer Michael O’Flynn on Ireland’s vacant land tax
The Irish Times | 12 April 2023 | presenter Ciarán Hancock
In this episode of the Inside Business Podcast, Cork-based developer Michael O’Flynn shares his views on the Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT), which will come into effect in 2024, replacing the existing vacant site levy.
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‘Significant progress’ made in delivering affordable homes, Tánaiste says at visit to Cork development
Echo Live | 16 Jul 2023 | Amy Nolan
Description goes hereMicheál Martin was speaking following a visit to a Project Tosaigh development in North Cork on Friday
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PHP to acquire Cork community care facility for €29.6m
The Irish Times | 13 Sep 2023 | Ian Curran
Healthcare investor says Ireland remains its ‘preferred area for future investment’
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Developer Michael O’Flynn: ‘Extending the Help to Buy scheme is a crucial support for home-buyers’
Irish Independent | 10 Oct 2023 | Ralph Riegel
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Penneys 'never tempted to look at Debenhams' as part of €60m Cork expansion plan
Irish Examiner | 18 Nov 2023 | Catherine Shanahan
With almost an entire block in its ownership, Penneys has been cleared by planners to expand the shopping experience on St Patrick's Street
2022
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Honan Chapel restoration reveals Irish modernist mastery
The Irish Times | 17 Mar 2022 | Mary Leland
Outwardly restrained UCC chapel is inwardly a reverent blaze of colour and coherence
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Massive expansion approved for Cork City Penneys store
Irish Examiner | 19 May 2022 | Eoin English
Retail giant Primark and its development partners, O’Flynn Construction, will deliver a near-50% expansion of the St Patrick’s Street store.
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Beloved Cork Treasure – Honan Chapel opens after €1.2m Refurbishment
Cork Safety Alerts News | 21 Mar 2022
106-year-old Honan Chapel restored for future generations
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Developer Michael O’Flynn: ‘We have not accepted that there’s a housing crisis’
The Irish Times | 29 Apr 2022 | Ciarán Hancock
Lack of zoned land at the heart of housing crisis and that’s down to poor planning
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O’Flynn agrees £1bn joint venture for student accommodation in UK
The Irish Times | 27 Jun 2022 | Ciarán Hancock
Irish developer signs deal with private-equity firm Partners Group to deliver student units and co-living spaces in a number of British cities
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Two major property investment deals worth €60m combined completed in Cork city
Irish Examiner | 28 Jul 2022 | Tommy Barker
Oz retailer Harvey Norman buys retail element of O'Flynn Group-developed Eastgate scheme in Cork for close to €24m as an investment, while a fund spends €114,000 per student bed space in c €40m deal by Munster Technological University off city's Model Farm Road
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First phase of Mallow affordable housing scheme will be ready to occupy by Christmas
Irish Independent | 10 Oct 2022 | Bill Browne
Council also green lights purchase of nine vacant units in Dromahane for social housing
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Michael O'Flynn: Inflation is the root of our housing problem, not property developers
Irish Examiner | 11 Nov 2022 | Michael O’Flynn
Ibec recently published a housing report proposing a suite of measures to speed up the delivery of housing and improve viability and affordability.
2021 and before
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O’Flynn Group gets go-ahead for €625m development in Dublin
The Irish Times | 25 Feb 2021 | Barry O'Halloran
Naas Road site has permission for 1,123 homes, a hotel and commercial units
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Emergency measures needed to address housing crisis, developer says
The Irish Times | 13 Dec 2021 | Barry Roche
Michael O’Flynn urges reform of zoning, planning administration and infrastructure
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O’Flynn and BlackRock to double money with €100m sale of former HP campus
The Irish Times | 23 Nov 2020 | Ronald Quinlan
Cork developer and US partners acquired Leixlip scheme in September 2018 for €51m
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Michael O'Flynn unveiled as the Cork Person of the Month
Irish Independent | 15 Dec 2018 | Bill Browne
Key driver behind Liam Miller match honoured for charity work
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Cork's Eastgate Business Park gilded by Lilly deal on €20m office for new jobs
Irish Examiner | 14 Dec 2017 | Tommy Barker
In a considerable new jobs and offices coup, developers O’Flynn Group are set to build a €20m, 70,000 sq ft office block, capable of housing up to 500 workers, for pharma giant Lilly’s Global Business Solutions Centre in Eastgate Business Park, Cork.