Number of vacant commercial buildings reaches new record

More than 4,000 additional properties became vacant in the past decade

The former Debenhams store in Cork city centre. Last year across Ireland, there were 767 fewer retail and wholesale units recorded across the country. Picture: Denis Minihane

The number of vacant commercial buildings has reached a record with 14% of all premises now empty.

A new report also shows that, with the exception of Dublin, every county has more vacant commercial buildings today than it did a decade ago.