Government set to offer new grant to help people buy derelict properties

Figures from Census 2016 showed there were 183,312 units, excluding holiday homes, vacant across the State in that year

A derelict building on Marlboro St in Cork City centre. Picture: Dan Linehan

A new grant of up to €30,000 to help people who buy derelict properties to renovate and live in is to be launched in the coming weeks, housing minister Darragh O'Brien has revealed.

Mr O'Brien is set to announce the financial support to tackle dereliction as part of a range of measures aimed at bringing more families into towns and villages.