Nearly 15% of homes were vacant on night of census

Almost 15% of all houses in Ireland were empty on the night of the census.

Out of a total housing stock of 2m homes, almost 290,000 were empty that night.

Just over one in five of all vacant dwellings were holiday homes, accounting for 59,395 dwellings. This compares with 49,789 vacant holiday homes in 2006.