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A derelict sites levy will be applied on the former Central Hotel in Mallow next year an official with Cork County Council confirmed at a recent Kanturk/Mallow Municipal District meeting.

Report was not written by an architect commissioned by the authority

A handful of derelict buildings are spoiling the image of a thriving Laois village that is up for a national Pride of Place award. Ballinakill in Laois has an a...

Legal action has been urged to resolve a derelict Portlaoise Main Street building where a window fell on the street in recent days. The former Virgo boutique on...

Follow up action is planned in relation to the wall at Abbeyfield in Ballitore, local councillors have been told.

Centrepoint Portlaoise dereliction process starts the process of reclaming it from vandals  Reporter:  ); The long road to reclaiming a valuable key property in Portlaoise from vandals so that can be developed for housing took a step forward. Security work commenced at the vandalised Centrepoint building in Portlaoise and Laois County Council has also confirmed that it is to move to have the site declared derelict which would give the local authority the right to force the owner to sell. Som...

The long-running saga over the future of the former Central Hotel building in Mallow has been cited in the Dáil as a prime example of why urgent changes are needed to the 1990 Derelict Sites act. The issue was raised on the floor of the house by Cork East Labour TD Seán Sherlock, in a motion calling for the act to be amended to give local authorities power to claim back expenses incurred in making buildings that have been empty for long periods of time safe. It called for the introduction of...