First, the question was over how much housing Ireland would need. After years of debate, the new consensus is that Ireland will need a lot of housing. At least 50,000 per year. A new Cork City every year, and all that. The next question is where it will go. That’s a question about infrastructure and planning. There is good infrastructure in the cities. Will the planning system allow lots more housing there? As in, maybe twice as much? The answer at the moment is no. If the answer continues to be no, we’ll have to extend the cities. That comes…

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