Cork has highest number of vacant homes in the country, with more than 8,500 lying empty

CSO said an estimated 70,149 homes in Ireland were vacant over the 12-month period to the end of 2024, with Cork having almost one in every eight vacant dwellings across the country

While 29,268 homes were brought of out of vacancy in 2024, a further 27,163 homes became idle. File picture: Larry Cummins

Cork county has the highest number of homes lying vacant across any local authority in the country, the latest figures show, with more than 8,500 empty homes across Cork as a whole.

The Central Statistics Office said an estimated 70,149 homes in Ireland were vacant over the 12-month period to the end of 2024, with Cork having almost one in every eight vacant dwellings across the country.