Irish Examiner view: Neglect of vacant properties is stupid

There are more vacant council houses in Limerick than there are homeless people

Some of the derelict houses in St Mary's Park, Limerick. 

Any government in a small but affluent country like this can only achieve so much. It may not have the heft to set terms around something like, say, Brexit. 

There are, however, myriad areas where capacity is diluted by determination lite.