Cork, Ireland
Commencement notices in Cork
4,056 residential units have commenced (broken ground) in Cork over the last 12 months, to August 2026, from the official CSO record.
4,056
Homes commenced (12 mo)
August 2026
Latest month
Monthly site starts in Cork
Residential units on commencement notices filed in Cork, by month.
September 2025
402
October 2025
266
November 2025
405
December 2025
618
January 2026
195
February 2026
278
March 2026
121
April 2026
187
May 2026
251
June 2026
425
July 2026
334
August 2026
574
Treat year-on-year comparisons with caution - the 2024 development-levy waiver deadline pulled a wave of commencement notices forward into 2024, which distorts the base year.
Source: CSO PxStat table HSM14 (residential commencement notices), re-used under CC BY 4.0. Refreshed monthly as the CSO publishes.