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Vacancy Watch
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Vacancy Watch: While neighbours sounded the alarm, a 19th-century villa in Sandymount slid into dereliction
“I think it's so sad that a beautiful little house was destroyed,” says Rosita Sweetman. “It seems we are incredibly bad at managing our housing stock.”
Vacancy Watch: Dublin City Council plans to turn historic building at Parnell Square into apartments
The Georgian building was once a meeting place for revolutionary leaders and the Gaelic League, and has been in council ownership, at least on paper, since 1998.
Vacancy Watch: Council sits on disused Dracula house for 11 years as vacancy sucks the lifeblood of the city
Dublin City Council has not yet said what it's going to do with the building.
Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
Vacancy Watch: Ten empty old flats near Phoenix Park
Years back, the Office of Public Works said it would figure out what to do with the homes on Garda Terrace, but it still hasn’t yet said what.
Vacancy Watch: The former school of wrestling in Phibsborough
At the end of last year, the warehouse on the banks of the Royal Canal was added to the derelict sites register.
Vacancy Watch: The many plans for the St Andrew’s Court flats
The council’s current target is to knock and build new social homes on the site in the heart of the south-inner city by early 2028.
Vacancy Watch: Married Quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks in Rathmines
“It’s usually disappointing for essentially a state organisation to be sitting on derelict properties. It’s a very bad look.”
Vacancy Watch: Amid shiny new towers on St Luke’s Avenue, a vacant council-owned site grows weeds
Councillors blocked the site’s sale to a developer in 2018, and the council said recently it’s not suitable for use as a park. So what will become of it?
Vacancy Watch: A row of six buildings lying derelict on Main Street in Rush
A director of the company that owns them says he’s been trying for years to build homes and an Aldi there.
Vacancy Watch: the old Merrion train station
The council is weighing up its future use, looking for funding to refurbish it as an artist’s studio, a council official has said.
Vacancy Watch: An 18th-century building building on Aungier Street that’s empty and rotting
“It’s frustrating to be beside another building that is taking the look off the street,” says Ronan Lynch from the Swan Bar.