Coronavirus lockdown may cut Irish house building by 33% - new minister

DUBLIN (Reuters) - The coronavirus lockdown of Ireland's economy and subsequent restrictions on construction upon its reopening could cut the much needed building of new homes by a third, Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien said on Sunday.A scarcity of supply has led rapid rises in rents and levels of homelessness in an economy that was booming until the coronavirus crisis shut it down at the end of March.Building sites reopened in the middle of May but at limited capacity, which O'Brien, who was..