West Cork group save unfinished development from becoming another ghost estate

A group of people who bought an unfinished holiday village, complete with a leisure centre and pool, saving the development from becoming a ‘ghost estate’, believe their novel approach could be replicated on distressed property around the country.

The team behind the group purchase of the development in Co Cork have spent countless hours, and tens of thousands of euro, complying with planning conditions over the last five years, and believe it is now ready to be taken in charge by the local authority.

Owen Dinneen, a spokesman for the residents of the Mountain View estate, just east of the pretty coastal village of Glengarrif in West Cork, said it has been a long but worthwhile journey.