Over 250 ghost estates still haunting Ireland

More than 250 ghost estates still blight the country a decade after the financial crash.

New Government figures released today show the number of developments classified as “unfinished” has dramatically fallen since 2010. However, there are still 5,739 homes which have not been started and a further 3,608 units which are a various stages of completion in estates across the country.

The annual progress report on unfinished houses has also found that there are 678 homes which are complete but vacant.