Owner of buildings at Shamrock Square agrees to demolition
The derelict buildings at the top of Barrack Street that are scheduled to be demolished.
CARLOW County Council has announced that the owner of Shamrock Square has contacted the council and agreed to demolish the two buildings on the site before the council’s deadline of 26 November.
Traffic restrictions have been in place around the site since 14 November when the council said that a report they had commissioned concluded the two buildings on the site were at risk of “imminent collapse”.
The council commissioned the independent report after a piece of debris fell off the building.
If the owner of Shamrock Square fails to demolish the building before the council’s deadline, then the council will demolish the building and put a charge against the owner of the site for the cost of the demolition, cllr Fintan Phelan said.
The two buildings are protected structures and were heavily damaged by a fire in 2008.
A heritage assessment report on the site from 2021 said: “It is doubtful that the damaged buildings could be economically reinstated within the remaining walls.” The report said that all of the timer roof and floor structures have perished, and internal masonry walls have fallen or are in danger of falling.
In February 2024, An Coimisiún Pleanála approved a plan for all the buildings on the site to be demolished and granted permission for the construction of 39 new apartments to Shamrock Square Limited. In June 2024 the site was put on the market with an asking price of €1,000,000 but was taken off the market in December 2024.
By Hosanna Boulter CARLOW County Council has announced that the owner of Shamrock Square has contacted the council and agreed to demolish the two buildings on the site before the council’s deadline of 26 November.
Traffic restrictions have been in place around the site since 14 November when the council said that a report they had commissioned concluded the two buildings on the site were at risk of “imminent collapse”.
The council commissioned the independent report after a piece of debris fell off the building.
If the owner of Shamrock Square fails to demolish the building before the council’s deadline, then the council will demolish the building and put a charge against the owner of the site for the cost of the demolition, cllr Fintan Phelan said.
The two buildings are protected structures and were heavily damaged by a fire in 2008.
A heritage assessment report on the site from 2021 said: “It is doubtful that the damaged buildings could be economically reinstated within the remaining walls.” The report said that all of the timer roof and floor structures have perished, and internal masonry walls have fallen or are in danger of falling.
In February 2024, An Coimisiún Pleanála approved a plan for all the buildings on the site to be demolished and granted permission for the construction of 39 new apartments to Shamrock Square Limited. In June 2024 the site was put on the market with an asking price of €1,000,000 but was taken off the market in December 2024.
