Almost 3,000 council homes currently boarded up across Ireland, new figures show

Number of homes empty was 'insulting to those impacted by the housing emergency', Sinn Féin TD Thomas Gould said. File picture: Mick McCormack

There are more than 770 councils homes across Ireland which have been boarded up for more than a year.

New figures released under Freedom of Information to Sinn Féin's Thomas Gould show local authorities have a total of 2,749 council homes currently boarded up across the State.