Saving Ireland's town centres must be budget priority, says Chambers Ireland

Chambers Ireland says the renewal of Ireland's towns and cities post-pandemic is essential. Alan Healy examines their pre-Budget submission

Chambers Ireland CEO Ian Talbot said the strategy should address vacancy and dereliction as a priority.

Chambers of Commerce around the country have called on the Government to publish and resource a National Urban Strategy for towns and cities across the country that will tackle vacancy and dereliction in order to create thriving town centres.

Representative body Chambers Ireland has published its recommendations to the Government ahead of Budget 2022, specifically calling for the expansion and reform of the Living City Initiative and incentives to enable brownfield development.