{"id":287815,"date":"2026-02-08T20:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287815\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T20:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:58:16","slug":"mayo-remains-irelands-dereliction-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/287815\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayo remains Ireland\u2019s dereliction capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1770584296_739_imengine.public.prod.cmg.infomaker.io.jpeg\" alt=\"\" itemprop=\"image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sun 8 Feb 2026, 8:49 PM\n  <\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Mayo has once again been confirmed as the county with the highest concentration of derelict properties in Ireland, according to the latest <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geodirectory.ie\/knowledge-centre\/reports-blogs\/residential-construction-activity-accelerates-in-2025-as-vacancy-rate-remains-at-record-low-level\" id=\"link-8c905ccd8ddab0855512f1bf316d74a7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">GeoDirectory Residential Buildings Report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">The data shows that around 14.1% of all derelict residential buildings in the State are located in Mayo, keeping the county at the top of the national list.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">2,741 derelict buildings are believed to have postal addresses in the county, with only 287 derelict sites listed on the local authorities register.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">Donegal follows with just over 11.5% of derelict properties, and Galway ranks third at approximately 8.9% of the national total.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ew-body\">By contrast, counties at the other end of the scale, such as Carlow and Wicklow record some of the lowest rates of dereliction in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\n    Published:<br \/>\n    Sun 8 Feb 2026, 8:49 PM\n  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published: Sun 8 Feb 2026, 8:49 PM Mayo has once again been confirmed as the county with the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287816,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":{"0":"post-287815","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ireland","8":"tag-ie","9":"tag-ireland","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287815","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287815"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287815\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287816"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}