Three vacant homes pit Church against State in Blackrock dereliction row

The terrace of homes was advertised for sale in December 2023 at the knockdown price of €200,000 for all three – a fraction of what houses in one of Cork’s more salubrious suburbs normally sell for

St Michael's Terrace Blackrock village

THE Diocese of Cork and Ross is set to resist an attempt by Cork City Council to acquire a trinity of long-neglected, vacant, Church-owned homes on the upmarket Blackrock Road.

The trio of properties at Nos 1, 2 and 3 St Michael’s Terrace, were the subject of a Cork City Council notice of intention to acquire the site by Compulsory Purchased Order, published in the Irish Examiner earlier this month.