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# empty - Wednesday 27 October, 2021

Cabinet agrees not to make €500 million payment into the country's rainy day fund
# Empty Piggy Bank
# Empty Piggy Bank

Cabinet agrees not to make €500 million payment into the country's rainy day fund

Oct 27th 2021, 7:11 PM 19,919 Views 22 Comments

There is currently no money in the rainy day fund which was set up in 2018.

# empty - Monday 28 June, 2021

What is - and isn't - being done about Ireland's 180,000 vacant and derelict buildings
# Derelict
# Derelict

What is - and isn't - being done about Ireland's 180,000 vacant and derelict buildings

Jun 28th 2021, 8:00 PM 38,548 Views 34 Comments

“It cannot make sense for the economy and it cannot make sense for the people who live here.”

# empty - Monday 28 September, 2020

Nadal breezes through in straight sets while French Open witnesses gruelling six-hour match
# Empty
From The42
# Empty

Nadal breezes through in straight sets while French Open witnesses gruelling six-hour match

Sep 28th 2020, 9:14 PM 6,966 Views 0 Comments

Poor Corentin Moutet said he ‘could not feel anything in his body’ after losing the three-hour final set.

# empty - Sunday 16 July, 2017

Falling crime rates mean Netherlands' prisons are being used to house asylum seekers
# Emptied Out
# Emptied Out

Falling crime rates mean Netherlands' prisons are being used to house asylum seekers

Jul 16th 2017, 11:00 AM 15,154 Views 42 Comments

They are also being turned into business hubs.

# empty - Monday 23 May, 2016

There are 230,000 empty houses around the country
# The Casual Vacancies
# The Casual Vacancies

There are 230,000 empty houses around the country

May 23rd 2016, 12:08 PM 35,122 Views 72 Comments

“Here’s an enormous stock of houses that already exist.”

# empty - Saturday 20 February, 2016

In pictures: exploring China's mysterious "unborn cities"
# Haunted Cities
# Haunted Cities

In pictures: exploring China's mysterious "unborn cities"

Feb 20th 2016, 6:00 PM 36,507 Views 31 Comments

These cities have been built as part of the Chinese government’s plan to gradually relocate rural dwellers to urban locations. They are completely devoid of human life – for now.

# empty - Saturday 4 January, 2014

13 beautifully creepy photos of abandoned landmarks
# Empty
From The Daily Edge
# Empty

13 beautifully creepy photos of abandoned landmarks

Jan 4th 2014, 9:30 AM 35,026 Views 36 Comments

Prepare to be awed.

# empty - Thursday 29 March, 2012

14.5 per cent of dwellings in Ireland vacant in Census 2011
# Census 2011
# Census 2011

14.5 per cent of dwellings in Ireland vacant in Census 2011

Mar 29th 2012, 12:34 PM 6,169 Views 22 Comments

Over one in five vacant properties were holiday homes, while the majority of the remainder were concentrated on rural areas in the west.

# empty - Sunday 23 October, 2011

Help map Ireland’s vacant commercial spaces
# Vacancies
From The Daily Edge
# Vacancies

Help map Ireland’s vacant commercial spaces

Oct 23rd 2011, 9:30 AM 1,620 Views 2 Comments

People from Ireland are invited to help map vacant commercial space around the country for a new project run by PrettyvacanT, which repurposes vacant properties as temporary exhibition space.

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