A fundamental issue in Ireland’s housing crisis is that the state enables dereliction and vacant properties to persist. Dereliction should be treated as a social crime against the state and must not be tolerated—especially when 14,864 people nationwide are living in emergency accommodation, including 10,686 in Dublin. This represents a 9% increase from 2024. Attached are a few samples of dereliction in Dublin City. #HousingCrisis#DerelictIreland#VacantIreland#Dublin#Ireland
While my proposal of requiring owners of derelict and vacant properties to “use them or lose them” might seem harsh—like all stick and no carrot—there are many incentives available to owners of derelict and vacant properties in Ireland. Here are three grants currently available. Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant: Up to €50,000 is available for an over-the-shop space that will be used as a residence or rental property. An additional grant of up to €20,000 is available for derelict properties, bringing the maximum total grant to €70,000. Shop Front Enhancement Grant: It covers 50% of the total enhancement work costs. Energy Efficiency Grant—Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI): Provides grants covering 75% of eligible costs, ranging from €750 to €10,000. It’s worth mentioning that the nationwide figure for December 2024 is 14,864, with 10,686 in Dublin that’s a 9% increase over 2024. #DerelictIreland#VacantIreland#Dublin#Ireland
Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant: Up to €50,000 is available for an over-the-shop space that will be used as a residence or rental property. An additional grant of up to €20,000 is available for derelict properties, bringing the maximum total grant to €70,000. 
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