Cork County Council to clamp down on derelict site owners

Cork County Council has threatened legal proceedings against derelict site owners who fail to comply with a notice to enhance properties.

So far, warnings have been issued to owners of alleged eyesore sites in Youghal. Council official Helen Mulcahy advised councillors that notices were served on owners of three sites, but up to 25 other cases are pending across the East Cork Municipal District region, which encompasses the Midleton-Youghal area.

She named the Youghal sites as the former Seafield Textiles factory in the Strand, the former Hilltop Hotel, also at the Strand, and Indian Point on the eastern approach.