100 railway buildings among hundreds of empty properties owned by the State

CIÉ and OPW among state agencies sitting on empty properties, described as 'akin to exporting food in the middle of a famine'

The National Built Heritage Service describes this building at Hazelhatch & Celbridge Railway Station as a 'detached three-bay single-storey railway station with half-dormer attic, opened 1846.... Now disused.' Picture: BuildingsOfIreland.ie

Serious concerns have been raised around the number of vacant or derelict properties owned by the State, including more than 100 former railway cottages.

Separately, the Office of Public Works (OPW) has confirmed that it has 66 vacant properties in its portfolio of buildings and sites.