According to a new report by Trinity College Dublin researchers, vacant properties and land in Irish city centres are an “inevitable outcome” of the State’s planning system and property markets.

The report highlights what it calls an ‘inherent tension’ between planning and the market.

Cian O’Callaghan is associate Professor in Urban Geography with the School of Natural Sciences at Trinity College Dublin, and he led this research and Hugh Wallace is Director with Douglas-Wallace Architects to discuss...