Waterford: Community, council and State working together to fix dereliction in Cappoquin, Tramore and Tallow

Things are looking up for some towns in Waterford thanks to initiatives and funding, writes Neil Michael

Members of the Cappoquin Regenerationm Company (left to right) Anthony Prendergast, Denis McCarthy, John Flynn, Tom Feerick, John McGrath and Ollie Wilkinson outside Blackwater House which has recently been renovated. Picture: Dan Linehan

If you want to sort out dereliction, you could talk to people in Cappoquin.

With a population of little more than 700, you wouldn’t think they’d be capable of getting the guts of €6m in State aid to buy up and develop a small estate of derelict properties.