'It is not acceptable': Cork City Council criticised for leaving derelict buildings empty for years

Council was criticised for acquiring some buildings several years ago and doing nothing with them

Nos 62 to North Main Street were declared derelict in 2015, and suffered a partial collapse in 2019, forcing the city to step in and stabilise them, before it acquired them by compulsory purchase order in 2022. Picture: Larry Cummins

Reports on the future of four high-profile derelict buildings which have come to highlight the blight of dereliction in Cork City are still being prepared four years after they were acquired by the State.

The city council was also criticised for acquiring some buildings several years ago and doing nothing with them, while officials confirmed they were engaging with the owners of several prominent and vacant retail sites with a view to securing redevelopment.