Tom Mooney
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Housing the Déise: Hiding in plain sight - derelict sites left to rot - News - Waterford News & Star (opens the original)
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There has been much speculation about the impact of a new Derelict Property Tax to be revealed in the government’s Budget 2027 next week, a belated drive to tackle dereliction, which is rife in many rural towns. The goal is to incentivise owners to bring neglected properties back into use, and by doing so, to contribute to an increase in housing supply. But is it too little, too late, because abandoned sites have long been a scourge and an eyesore in every town in Ireland for decades? Lack of in
Housing the Déise: One off or not one off, that is the question - News - Waterford News & Star (opens the original)
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In the first of a monthly series examining solutions and obstacles to housing at a boiling point, Tom Mooney looks at Waterford Minister John Cummins' determination to write a new chapter for rural Ireland In rural areas, it is a story as old as the hills. The son who returns from across the water and wants to build a home on the family farm, but is denied planning permission. Or the daughter who is confident of a dormer on her parents’ land but is also turned down because of a lack of identifia
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