'Nothing has changed' — Moves to tackle dereliction in Tipperary 'could move a lot faster'

Clonmel's town centre still suffers from 'an abdication of responsibility' two years after our series on dereliction, writes Neil Michael

The vacant Market Place Shopping Mall in Clonmel town centre. Picture: Dan Linehan

Clonmel pharmacist Ronan Quirke did not hold back in his dismay about the state of vacancy and dereliction in the heart of the Tipperary town when he last spoke to the Irish Examiner.

That is also how he remembers his appearance in the 2021 series on dereliction, which included a partial focus on the town where his family owned a pharmacy for some 97 years.