Meanings of derelict sites in English

There were exactly 38 derelict sites in the small town five years ago.

The locations vary widely from public parks to school grounds derelict sites to housing estates.

Dublin City Council is proposing to build prefab houses on derelict sites to accommodate homeless families.

Dublin City Council is "seriously looking" at building prefabs on derelict sites to house homeless families.

A watered-down version of this levy has been delayed till 2019 and it won't even apply to derelict sites or buildings.

Abandoned buildings, boarded-up shops and derelict sites are all too prevalent, particularly in places remote from Dublin and other major urban centres.

Dick Brady, the council's assistant chief executive and head of housing, favours building prefab units on derelict sites to accommodate homeless families.

In the country's second city, Cork, the main shopping arteries flounder under the weight of closures, derelict sites, charity shops and discount shops.

True, some remnants of a once-successful national coalfields programme, aimed at clearing derelict sites and creating jobs -often through the regional agencies -remain.

Rambling with Keenan reveals new offices, derelict sites and historic buildings, all abandoned when building and development ground to a halt with the economic downturn.

AN INITIATIVE to put some 200 vacant, abandoned or derelict sites in Dublin city back into productive use is being developed by Dublin City Council.

There is no longer any excuse for tolerating old derelict sites such as that rusting skeleton of a customs post on the road to Aughnacloy.

The council revealed, in a report in this newspaper yesterday, it is "seriously looking at" using prefabs on derelict sites to house homeless families.

Its plan boils down to taking over derelict sites and building 1.4 million sq ft in commercial space to attract investment.