Irish Examiner View: Numbers don’t add up when it comes to derelict properties

A derelict site on Ballyhooley Rd, Cork. Picture: Denis Minihane
You have to admire the persistence of the Derelict Ireland lobby group and its disinclination to accept official numbers at face value, a quality that should commend itself to citizens everywhere.
Campaigners say they have identified 700 derelict properties within a 2km radius of Cork City centre, a figure which is seven times more than the assessment on Cork City Council’s derelict sites register.