Raised grant payment is driving up the cost of vacant and derelict properties, anecdotal evidence in Tipperary indicates
Chris Fairbrother was awarded €70,000 under the vacant property grant scheme to help pay for the refurbishment of his 119-year-old farmhouse in Co Tipperary. Photograph: John D KellyThe deep scars left behind by the recession and the decades of depopulation that preceded it are slowly starting to heal in some corners of rural Ireland.
‘I always say the five main pillars of health are checking yourself, diet, sleep, exercise and orgasms’ “I had no trouble finishing the process with them . I sent in all the paperwork, they came out to see the place when it was finished. I guess, if the finish to the house is done well, it is going to pass, no problem. If you were chancing your arm, there might be some trouble.
“I got it finished last November and put in all my invoices in January and I am due to get a pay out this week. If I am being honest, I found it a bit confusing. I wouldn’t be good with paperwork, so that was a challenge. Further south in Clonmel, local auctioneer, John FitzGerald, is starting to see the fruits of regeneration in the town. Just last year, he oversaw the sale of the former Clonmel Arms Hotel, a landmark building which had been lying derelict for more than 20 years.
At 26 years of age, Independent councillor Máirín McGrath is one of the youngest county councillors in Ireland. Based in Newcastle, at the very southern end of Tipperary, she believes the lack of rural housing is forcing people her age to emigrate and the new housing scheme could reverse that trend. “Amendments do need to be made. It is only a 13-month window to complete the work, I think that that needs to be extended. In the crisis that we are in, it is really hard to get tradespeople to do the work that needs to be done, and when you get them, it is very expensive,” she said.
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