Almost three-quarters of homes in Clare village unoccupied

Nearly three-quarters of homes in a Clare seaside village are unoccupied.

An analysis of occupancy levels, by the newly formed West Clare Municipal District, revealed 36.4% of all houses in the district are unoccupied — with Kilkee topping the list with a rate of 71.5% of its houses unoccupied.

This compares to a national rate of unoccupied houses of 17%.