House Building Summit

Building the right foundations for increased housing delivery… how do we deliver 250,000 new homes by 2030?

08 April 2025

Croke Park, Dublin

Super Early Bird Discounts are available until January 27th

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About The Housebuilding Summit

Welcome to the IHBA’s 2025 Housebuilding Summit. 

Over the next two decades billions of euro will be invested in housing and infrastructure. Underpinning this investment is the soon to be published revised National Planning Framework, some of which we've already heard about, namely the new housing targets averaging out at just over 50,000 a year up to 2030.  

The framework will emphasise the goal of " compact” development, with more people living closer to city and town centres. Building this housing amid cost, labour and planning pressures will be the key challenges facing Irish homebuilders. Crucial to our success in delivering these homes is a ramped-up supply of the raw materials of the building trade: Zoned and serviced land ready for development. 

Going into its 6th year, the IHBA’s annual summit explores  these key factors and challenges  offering insights and solutions  to advance best practices in housing development. Where innovation and pragmatic solutions meet, our event offers collaboration, best practice learning and the conversations needed to achieve as an industry.  

This is a must-attend event for homebuilders, developers, local authorities, housing associations, key partners and suppliers. So, mark the date and bring your teams to keep abreast of industry trends, engage with quality content and speakers, network and meet fellow industry professionals who understand the challenges ahead. 

Topics will include

The new government’s housing policy

Putting infrastructure at the heart of our new housing policy

Delivering new homes: Is the tide finally turning?

The NPF, local authority plans & rezoning: How will we harness public lands for housing development?

Apartment viability: Understanding building costs, improving viability and affordability

Who’s building homes in Ireland? Why the lack of scale in homebuilding remains a major issue

SME Panel: Insights on how to grow your construction business

Funding: What will it take to unlock equity finance for smaller construction businesses?

Development finance: What’s the outlook for the availability of private capital for housing development

Discover how to use technology to improve projects, teams, business and the built environment

Open forum with industry leaders: Bring your questions on all things housing to our panel of esteemed construction industry leaders

See what happened at the 2024 Summit

Testimonials

Read below to see what some of our past attendees have to say about us:

I was delighted to participate in the conference, And thought it was very well organised and relevant to the current industry topics

Deborah Smyth
Country Partner
Tempohousing UK & Ireland

I thought it was an excellent event with great keynote speakers.

Annette Hughes
Director
EY-DKM Economic Advisory Services

Well done to all for an interesting and diverse conference. I’m missing the coffee and chat but hopefully next year we can catch up in person.

Kathy O’Leary
SHE Manager
BAM Contractors Ltd

Contact us

For sponsorship opportunities contact:

Kevin Mulligan-Carroll
Commercial Sales Manager
Mob: +353 (0) 87 335 7663
Email: [email protected]

For any queries or ticket sales, contact:

Jackie Bryan
Conference Facilitator
Tel: +353 87 055 7913
Email: [email protected]

Venue

Croke Park, Dublin

Car Parking

Croke Park provides up to 600 free parking spaces. Click here to learn more about how to access them.

By Foot

Croke Park is just a 15 minute walk from the City Centre.

By Train

The closest railway station is Drumcondra at the intersection of Drumcondra Road (N1) and Clonliffe Road, a 5 minute walk from the stadium. The closest DART stations are Connolly and Clontarf. Connolly is a 15-20 minute walk and Clontarf a 20-25 minute walk to the stadium. The closest LUAS stops are Connolly (Red Line) and Parnell (Green Line). The nearest Intercity Rail stop is at Connolly Station

By Bus

Take the No 3, 11, 11a 16, 16a and 41 from the City Centre to Drumcondra Road.

By Bike

Croke Park is just a cycle from the City Centre. The nearest Dublin Bike stations are located on North Circular Road and Mountjoy Square. There is also a two-tier parking facility in the Davin Stand car park.

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