Why a site in a sought-after area of Dublin remains derelict after 20 years of inactivity
Site opposite Coombe Hospital is an example of how long-term dereliction is tolerated
Vacant Dublin
How Dublin’s unloved offices could become homes: ‘It’s easier to convert Irish office buildings’
Economic and environmental challenges increasingly make the case for converting Dublin’s 20th century offices to apartments
Vacant buildings reimagined: How two Dublin office blocks may be turned into accommodation
Plans are under way for apartments and an aparthotel on Dominick Street and Marlborough Street
This 50-year-old blot on the landscape of a medieval German city is getting new life as a block of apartments
The Telekom Tower, a 50-year-old blot on landscape of historic town, will provide new homes by the shores of Lake Constance
Vacant offices may be turned into new homes as part of drive to address housing crisis
Vacant commercial properties in Dublin could provide up to 7,000 apartments
Waterford’s vacant housing record is better than Dublin’s. What can it teach the capital?
In Waterford, more than 140 units have been brought back into use or converted
Homeless costs top €300m in Dublin as council agrees €1.34bn budget
Homelessness to account for more than one in five of every euro spent by Dublin City Council in 2024
The Irish Times view on Dublin’s vacant properties: a picture of civic underachievment
Short-term policy-making, over-deference to property interests and a lack of imagination are all coming home to roost
Government ‘considering an increase’ to the vacant homes tax, says Darragh O’Brien
More than 12,000 homes and commercial properties are vacant across Dublin, new analysis of data by The Irish Times reveals
Dublin’s vacant buildings: From the Iveagh Markets to the Rialto Cinema, here’s the story behind 16 empty properties
From the Iveagh Market to the Rialto cinema, some of the striking historic buildings around the city that are being allowed to fall to pieces
Dublin’s vacant buildings: ‘It’s my property, I’ll do whatever I want with it’
Many buildings in the city that could provide housing and bring areas to life are instead going to waste
Dublin’s vacant buildings: More than 12,000 properties empty across Ireland’s capital
Street level data gives first view of locations of empty residential, commercial and mixed buildings in Dublin city centre
Dublin’s vacant buildings: Why more than 12,000 properties are empty in Ireland’s capital
GeoDirectory street-level analysis produces picture of vacancy types and duration for the first time
Housing policy may be ‘incentivising’ urban vacancy, Trinity College report finds
Research says Ireland’s planning systems ‘ill-equipped’ to bring derelict sites back into use
Developers lose dozens of appeals against new tax on vacant housing sites
Cairn, Glenveigh, Castlethorn, Quintain and O’Flynn Group among developers who appealed surcharge for not building homes on sites
Vacant office blocks set to be repurposed for housing to ease accommodation crisis
Minister indicates he would consider making planning exemptions to rules which would apply to repurposing office space as housing
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