Derelict Cork campaigners say 78% of properties still vacant

Couple claim just 7.6% of the properties they surveyed three years ago are now 'back in use as either homes or businesses'

Frank O'Connor and Jude Sherry photographed 460 vacant and derelict buildings within 2km of Cork city centre.  Picture: Dan Linehan

A couple who run awareness-raising project Derelict Cork claim that 78% of the hundreds of properties they posted photographs of on Twitter in 2020 are still vacant.

Architects and campaigners Frank O’Connor and Jude Sherry shared photographs every day from June 2020 for a year, counting 460 vacant and derelict buildings located within a 2km radius of Cork city centre. The photographed buildings were shown in varying states of decay.