Ghost estate the 'Taj Mahal of dereliction' in Mayo town

A GHOST estate in Castlebar has been described as 'the Taj Mahal of dereliction'.

The description was used to sum up The Waterways, on the Ballinrobe Road - a 77-unit development that has been sitting vacant for the last 20 years.

Councillor Harry Barrett had implored council management: “It has to be dealt with.”

Built during the Celtic Tiger, it remains vacant in the middle of a housing crisis. And while he appreciated it is a complex legal matter, he asked that everything be thrown at it and action taken.

It's a derelict site, and the council has powers, he pointed out.

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