ABSTRACT
In Ireland as in many other countries the halcyon days of ‘post-war reconstruction’ were devoted above all else to the business of housing, both speculative and subsidized, and a tremendous amount was achieved, at least quantitatively, in this field. More recent times, however, have brought with them a realization that housing is not of itself a long-term investment whereby a country is helped to earn its living, and that a more balanced policy would be to concentrate a higher proportion of our building potential on other forms of construction, especially in the industrial field. 1
