An RTE News Documentary follows its analysis on derelict buildings in Ireland: Watch ‘RTÉ Investigates: Left to Rot’.
RTE News writes:
A grey, boarded-up bungalow sits in Newtown, Doonane, a small rural village…
In 2024, the building was added to the local authority’s derelict sites register, a mechanism designed to pressure owners to tackle dereliction through annual levies… in this case, the council ultimately chose not to apply the levy.
… one of approximately 2,500 sites on the 31 local authority derelict sites registers. Most… privately owned.
But an RTÉ Investigates analysis has found that State bodies appear repeatedly on the registers…
In other words, while one arm of the State is tasked with addressing dereliction, others are contributing to the problem….
Around three years ago, RTÉ Investigates began submitting information requests to local authorities to obtain complete copies of these registers, so that we could undertake an in-depth analysis…
To watch the documentary on RTE Player go to: https://www.rte.ie/player/series/prime-time/SI0000000825?epguid=IH10016313-26-0041
To read the detail of the findings go to https://www.rte.ie/news/investigations-unit/2026/0602/1575784-left-to-rot-how-the-state-ends-up-levying-itself/
