Tipperary one of the worst offenders for long term boarded up vacant houses

Tipperary has been identified as one of four counties where vacant houses are boarded up the longest.

Sinn Fein has obtained figures under freedom of Information, showing that at least one in four social homes have been vacant for over a year.

Tipperary, aswell as Limerick, Wicklow and Louth are the counties with homes boarded up the longest.

In Tipperary, 60 houses have been boarded up for 6 months, 31 boarded up for up to a year, while 2 houses have been boarded up for nearly four years.

Sinn Fein says the figures they obtained show a ‘shocking failure’ by government in funding local authorities.