Concerns for future of Ardmore after housing scheme blocked

Permission was granted to housing body last September to construct 31 homes on a council-owned 1.47 hectare site in the West Waterford village

The situation brings renewed focus to Ardmore’s rapidly changing demographic, in which younger generations are leaving the village. Picture: Dan Linehan

Plans for a social and affordable housing development in the West Waterford village of Ardmore have suffered a setback after the Department of Housing decided the scheme’s costs were too high to subsidise.

Dublin-based Ó Cualann Cohousing Alliance received permission last September to construct 31 homes on a council-owned 1.47 hectare site at Farrangarret, at the village’s perimeter.