Vernon Mount on danger list

THE Irish Georgian Society is proposing to put a historic mansion in Cork on an international list of endangered buildings in an effort to force its owner to carry out significant repairs.

Donough Cahill, deputy director of the Irish Georgian Society, confirmed yesterday that his organisation is to submit Vernon Mount to the World Monuments Watch list of 100 most endangered sites.

That organisation is the foremost private, non-profit making group in the world dedicated to the preservation of endangered architectural and cultural sites.