Cork rolls out 'early-warning system' to identify buildings at risk of dereliction

Council planners and technicians have begun a street-by-street inspection process

A derelict site at 42, Cornmarket St, Cork.

Buildings in the heart of Cork City are set to undergo regular visual ‘health-checks’ as part of a major blitz against dereliction.

And the city’s historic Marsh is to be the focus of a new pilot project which aims to tackle vacancy and dereliction in what is the oldest inhabited area of the city.