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

The Derelict Ireland lobby group claim there are seven times more derelict sites in Cork than are contained in Cork City Council’s register
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. 

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