Almost every town across the country is affected by vacant buildings. The 2016 Census showed over 245,460 vacant dwellings in Ireland, amid fresh calls on the Government to make use of them. There are also calls for property owners to sign up for a re-using scheme. Advertisement However in Tipperary alone, it is estimated there are possibly up to 3,000 vacant dwellings. Work is now being done to identify them and try to bring some of them back into the housing market. He says: "For a county that's crying out for housing, it's really a sin to see so many houses lying vacant which could be used for social housing or rental purposes.