Ghost estates special report: Taskforce helps cut Cork numbers

A special taskforce has helped slash the number of ghost estates in County Cork from a record national high of 280 seven years ago to just 56.

But Cork Council Council said it still has some €5.8m of bond claims linked to dozens of unfinished estates awaiting settlement by bond providers and it is now taking legal action to resolve a handful of the most difficult cases.

“The aim clearly is to resolve all 56 of the remaining unfinished estates,” a council spokesman said.