The long and winding road to solving Cork's dereliction blight 

Why are these very public eyesores so difficult to clean up? In this special report, Eoin English finds out who is responsible and whether enough is being done

60 and 61 Shandon St, Cork.

Properties suspected of being derelict are either identified for inspection by the council itself, or they are subject to complaints and are referred on to the council for inspection.

The council is then obliged to open a record and inspect the property to establish if it meets the legal definition of dereliction as defined by the Derelict Sites Act 1990.