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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

<p>Protesters outside a derelict building on North Main Street in Cork City during an anti-dereliction demonstration in June. It took the Government three years to listen to us then, we hope they will be quicker to act this time. Picture: Chani Anderson</p>

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We're going to war on dereliction — but not yet

A small but radical transfer of responsibility might give the derelict property tax a real impact, but it's taking too long, write Jude Sherry and Frank O'Connor of #DerelictIreland

<p>A derelict property off South Mall in Cork City in 2023. It comes as last week, finance minister Pascal Donohoe announced the introduction of a new Derelict Property Tax, which will be implemented and collected by the Revenue Commissioners, as part of Budget 2026. Photo via @frank_oconnor</p>

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Cork City Council collects less than a third of derelict site levies in five years

<p>Analysis of the vacant properties, along with the 180,349 occupied units, found that the retail and wholesale sector suffered the largest decline in occupied units. File picture: Larry Cummins</p>

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One in seven business premises now vacant as commercial vacancy hits record high

The daily shame of Cork’s derelict homes is impossible to ignore

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The daily shame of Cork’s derelict homes is impossible to ignore

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Compulsory purchase order system to be reformed — eight years after overhaul was recommended

'It is not acceptable': Cork City Council criticised for leaving derelict buildings empty for years

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'It is not acceptable': Cork City Council criticised for leaving derelict buildings empty for years

Councillors erupt into war of words after former Cork lord mayor votes against social housing scheme

Councillors erupt into war of words after former Cork lord mayor votes against social housing scheme

'I’m sorry housing isn’t sexy enough for you to vote for it. That is not a reason to vote against housing,' Labour councillor Peter Horgan told Independent councillor Kieran McCarthy

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Blocked up terraced houses ready for demolition.

Plans to form derelict restoration and vacant shop grants in motion, says minister

It is understood that up to €100,000 will be made available to people seeking to renovate either shops or apartments above the shop under the plans housing minister James Brown will bring to Cabinet

Mon, 19 May, 2025

Cork City’s derelict buildings reveal true cost of housing inequality

Cork City’s derelict buildings reveal true cost of housing inequality

Dereliction crisis exposes deep-rooted inequality — but a growing movement is showing how community action can drive change

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

100 railway buildings among hundreds of empty properties owned by the State

100 railway buildings among hundreds of empty properties owned by the State

CIÉ and OPW among state agencies sitting on empty properties, described as 'akin to exporting food in the middle of a famine'

Mon, 07 Apr, 2025

The housing crisis is solvable — if we just got on with it

The housing crisis is solvable — if we just got on with it

If all the local authorities were collecting €250,000 per year from levies, they’d be in a much better position to effectively implement programmes, writes Alan O'Neill

Wed, 02 Apr, 2025

Cork County Council failed to collect €362,000 in derelict site levies in 2023, new figures show

Cork County Council failed to collect €362,000 in derelict site levies in 2023, new figures show

'During 2023, invoices totalling just €28,000 were issued, with no amounts collected during the year, resulting in a year-end debtor of €362,000,' audit says

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver

Election 2024: Renting — A place to live is a basic need that profit alone will never deliver

My message to the next Dáil: An eviction ban, a rent freeze, and compulsory purchase orders would begin to address Ireland’s housing crisis, writes Emily Crowley

Listen | Tue, 26 Nov, 2024

Nearly 330 to receive €17m in grants to refurbish vacant and derelict homes in Cork City

Nearly 330 to receive €17m in grants to refurbish vacant and derelict homes in Cork City

Cork City Council will hold three information sessions to outline financial supports available and how to apply

Thu, 14 Nov, 2024

Young woman getting keys to new apartment from Real Estate Agent

Tenant asked residents' association if she was 'supposed to have sex with landlord'

Story was revealed by Social Democrats election candidate at the launch of the party's renters' charter

Wed, 13 Nov, 2024

Cork council says €890k security spend for vacant or derelict council houses 'is value for money'

Cork council says €890k security spend for vacant or derelict council houses 'is value for money'

Social Democrats councillor, Pádraig Rice, said 'the council has been too slow at turning around vacant council houses'

Wed, 16 Oct, 2024

Boarded up shop

Much dereliction in our towns and villages, but also glimmers of hope

Would ‘derelict housing swat teams’, like those in operation in the US, help speed up the process of purchasing houses and other buildings left vacant by absentee, or disinterested, property owners?

Thu, 19 Sep, 2024

Derelict home scheme payment delays driving builders away

Derelict home scheme payment delays driving builders away

They have also asked council officials to add more personnel to the team in County Hall which deals with applications to speed up their processing

Sun, 15 Sep, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Sketches of old Cork draw you a snapshot of a different city

S Michael Moynihan: Sketches of old Cork draw you a snapshot of a different city

Cork in the 1970s was a smaller, shabbier one maybe, but also a friendly and inquisitive city

Thu, 05 Sep, 2024

Ten closed garda stations on list of empty state-owned properties across Ireland

Ten closed garda stations on list of empty state-owned properties across Ireland

The stations are among around 50 around the country that have either been shut since 2001 or closed following a policing review more than a decade ago

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

Knocknagree: The Cork village that has fought to survive

Knocknagree: The Cork village that has fought to survive

A Co Cork village that refused to die could be an example to others in rural areas hoping to reinvent themselves

Mon, 02 Sep, 2024

More than 100,000 properties in total listed as vacant and derelict

More than 100,000 properties in total listed as vacant and derelict

Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin has said that badly designed schemes introduced by the Government are to blame for 'very little' changing in terms of vacant and derelict homes

Mon, 12 Aug, 2024

Fresh call to use vacant hospital to house homeless people after two die in the Grand Canal

Fresh call to use vacant hospital to house homeless people after two die in the Grand Canal

Local councillor Dermot Lacey has proposed the HSE should make the nearby vacant Baggot Street Hospital available as accommodation

Sun, 07 Jul, 2024

Cork councillor in call for for Revenue to collect derelict site levy

Cork councillor in call for for Revenue to collect derelict site levy

According to the Department of Housing in May €20.4m in levies remained uncollected across all 32 local authorities.

Wed, 03 Jul, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Spruce-up to Cork’s main street is badly needed and long overdue

S Michael Moynihan: Spruce-up to Cork’s main street is badly needed and long overdue

When this columnist strolled the length of St Patrick’s Street this Monday there were at least fifteen vacant premises along the street

Thu, 20 Jun, 2024

Sarah Harte: A train to Youghal would help protect our cultural heritage

S Sarah Harte: A train to Youghal would help protect our cultural heritage

Why, when the town has patently got so much to offer, is it destined endlessly to be the bridesmaid to Kinsale?

Wed, 29 May, 2024

Minister's plan calls for less concrete in public building projects

Minister's plan calls for less concrete in public building projects

A statement from Peter Burke's department says that the guidance agreed by Government will "send a clear message to the construction, concrete, and cement sectors"

Tue, 28 May, 2024

Boarded up shop

Fine Gael to consider vacancy grant changes

Proposal is contained in the party's local-election manifesto

Mon, 27 May, 2024

Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners

Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners

Over €20m worth of derelict site levies have been left uncollected by councils across the country

Sun, 26 May, 2024

Housing and renewable energy remain key focus for Cork businesses amid election season

Housing and renewable energy remain key focus for Cork businesses amid election season

'Cork needs to produce at least 7,500-10,000 units per year to keep pace with demand,' report by Cork Chamber said

Tue, 14 May, 2024

Cork City Council to tackle dereliction with series of workshops

Cork City Council to tackle dereliction with series of workshops

Council experts will be on hand to answer questions on any element of a vacant or derelict property, from grants available, to queries on planning or ownership

Thu, 02 May, 2024

Michael Moynihan: We must not allow antisocial behaviour in Cork to become normalised

S Michael Moynihan: We must not allow antisocial behaviour in Cork to become normalised

For many people, a day eventually dawns when you decide not to visit the city centre at all — simply because it’s not worth it

Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

Letters to the editor: Simon Coveney has not been kind to the environment

Letters to the editor: Simon Coveney has not been kind to the environment

A reader takes Simon Coveney to task for the former minister's record on environmental issues

Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

Owner of Cork property derelict for 21 years again refused permission for redevelopment

Owner of Cork property derelict for 21 years again refused permission for redevelopment

Owner of former tenement in Blackpool has tried unsuccessfully to secure planning for apartments on the site in 2008, 2010, 2016 and 2020

Thu, 04 Apr, 2024

Simon and DCU study suggests vacant units above shops could alleviate Ireland's housing crisis

Simon and DCU study suggests vacant units above shops could alleviate Ireland's housing crisis

Dublin Simon Community and Dublin City University study proposes practical the Government 'must start to think outside the box' to tackle homelessness

Tue, 26 Mar, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Oliver Plunkett Street should be a jewel for visitors to Cork City

S Michael Moynihan: Oliver Plunkett Street should be a jewel for visitors to Cork City

Oh-ho. Danger here, as George Hamilton used to say. News about one of the capital’s thoroughfares has reached us: good news. “Dublin's Camden Street has placed 22nd on the world's coolest streets list by Time Out magazine,” according to RTÉ.

Thu, 21 Mar, 2024

More than 700 vacant and derelict properties across Cork city

More than 700 vacant and derelict properties across Cork city

Of those 705 properties, 390 are either confirmed as derelict or being investigated under the Derelict Sites Act

Fri, 15 Mar, 2024

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Letters to the Editor: Pay on delivery solution to online scams

Readers address online scams, Gaza, abortion figures, and Cork dereliction

Wed, 06 Mar, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Even if there was a plan to make Cork better, who’d enforce it?

S Michael Moynihan: Even if there was a plan to make Cork better, who’d enforce it?

From defecating dogs to dereliction — going into the centre of the city can be a depressing experience

Thu, 29 Feb, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Decay and decline is the landscape in Cork and we need to change that

S Michael Moynihan: Decay and decline is the landscape in Cork and we need to change that

Artist Andrea Newman's exhibition highlights the dereliction that is being allowed to fester in some areas of the city

Thu, 08 Feb, 2024

Communities hosting large numbers of refugees will get grants of up to €500k

Communities hosting large numbers of refugees will get grants of up to €500k

The Irish Examiner understands that a second round of the Community Recognition Fund, worth €50m, will be discussed at a Cabinet committee on Ukraine on Thursday

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

Owner of derelict building in Cork lodges another planning application for apartments

Owner of derelict building in Cork lodges another planning application for apartments

The owner of a long-term derelict building in Cork City has lodged yet another planning application for apartments on the site with a suggestion that if the scheme doesn’t go ahead now, the site could continue to languish in dereliction.

Tue, 02 Jan, 2024

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Letters to the Editor: Thank you to the young Cork people who came to my assistance in Oz

An Australian man wants to thank the Irish people who came to his aid, while other readers write about topics including conflict in the Middle East, the Cop28 conference, and the GAA

Sun, 24 Dec, 2023

Government to consider vacant property grant changes after just 21 draw-downs

Government to consider vacant property grant changes after just 21 draw-downs

The Irish Examiner first reported that, despite 4,640 applications to the scheme and 1,975 approvals, just 21 grants have been drawn down since the programme was introduced in July 2022

Thu, 16 Nov, 2023

Tragic Mallow case 'proves local authorities need more powers to tackle dereliction'

Tragic Mallow case 'proves local authorities need more powers to tackle dereliction'

Councils must act swiftly on dereliction, John Paul O’Shea tells EOIN ENGLISH, who also looks at the life of Tim O'Sullivan whose remains lay undiscovered for 22 years in a derelict home

Mon, 30 Oct, 2023

Local authorities could get more derelict sites staff following tragic Mallow case

Local authorities could get more derelict sites staff following tragic Mallow case

News follows calls for radical review of entire system from family of man whose skeletal remains lays undiscovered for 22 years

Sun, 29 Oct, 2023

Vulture funds and absentee landlords 'hurting efforts on dereliction' in Cork

Vulture funds and absentee landlords 'hurting efforts on dereliction' in Cork

County council officials made the claims while discussing efforts to tackle a number of derelict properties in the East Cork region

Tue, 03 Oct, 2023

$Vacant and derelict sites registered just a 'tiny fraction' of 'national scandal' — Bacik$

Vacant and derelict sites registered just a 'tiny fraction' of 'national scandal' — Bacik

Labour leader launches campaign calling on people to report vacant and derelict sites to local authorities

Thu, 28 Sep, 2023

Michael Moynihan: Planning ahead for potential problems vital for Cork city’s future

Michael Moynihan: Planning ahead for potential problems vital for Cork city’s future

Design Pop founder Amy McKeogh on the celebration of design and architecture and what we all can take from it

Thu, 28 Sep, 2023

Michael Moynihan: What's the definition of culture when it comes to a crumbling city?

S Michael Moynihan: What's the definition of culture when it comes to a crumbling city?

Here’s a trade secret when it comes to writing columns. Beginning with a definition is tantamount to waving a white flag. A bad sign. It suggests the box of ideas is empty, and the column-ideas shop has a ‘closed’ sign in the window.

Thu, 21 Sep, 2023