Numbers 44/45 O’Connell Street, Dublin 1
This morning.
Ninety-eight properties managed by the Office of Public Works are sitting vacant around the country, reveals Ken Foxe, at Noteworthy:
These include several important historic properties – including two adjoining period houses on O’Connell Street in Dublin – that are being allowed to fall into disrepair.
Nearly two-thirds of the vacant properties are former garda stations, most of which were deemed surplus to requirements by the gardaí late last year.
A single rented property is also vacant, but the government is set to escape from its €112,500-a-year lease for that building on Dublin’s Clare Street in January 2020.
…Seven former coastguard cottages in Crosshaven are also empty and are currently “being prepared for disposal” , the Office of Public Works said.
…According to official records, four of the properties have not been used since “pre-1983″.
See here for full list of vacant properties and for length of time they’ve been vacant
Pic: GoogleMaps
Any chance any of these are paying the vacant site levy?…
I wonder will the recent announcement from AGS that they are revamping the force result in reopened stations?
Shame Ross is wondering that too.
Then there was the great Dept of Defense sell off of former Barracks and Army housing
Sell off
Not repurposed for the common good
Or transferred to Dept of Environment/ Housing/ Local Authorities or Dept of Health/ HS Tusla
Or Education
Sold
… and then the money resulting from the sales is used for the common good*
*in theory
There is only so much office space required by govt depts; what was the Dept of Environment going to do with Clancy Barracks? Instead, they were sold off to a developer who built loads of houses where many families are now living.
More housing for families, some cash for central government – that sounds pretty ‘common good’ to me.
Agreed
But it was also a value for money opportunity to transfer the lands into assisted living, LA housing, etc
As if Dublin’s O’Connell Street needs a police station!
I can’t believe that’s closed. o’Connell St at night terrifies me, how is it alway extra dark?
It would be shocking if the Occupy people were to let themselves in, just to highlight the lack of accommodation as the new uni term starts. Shocking.
I can tell you for a fact that this list is incomplete.
It most definitely is but I would say the oul transfer to the county council is in play here
Well if you know a bit about the law you can wangle yourself a free set of coastguard cottages like yer man in Mayo
Such a missable old street .could do with a good clean also the vacant houses it’s such an important street
Clean up the people on it, and the street will magically come to life again.