Eight sites in Galway city have been identified as having potential for new homes in a national report on public land to be discussed by Cabinet today.
The report says that 83 State-owned sites could be used to build up to almost 67,000 homes in the medium to long-term.
The work compiled by the Land Development Agency indicates that land in Galway, Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Waterford could be used to build thousands of homes.
The LDA believes that over 9,700 of the homes identified in the report could be delivered in the next five to ten years.
More than half the homes could be built in Dublin, but the report also says there are obstacles to unlocking state land for housing.
