In PICTURES: Blight of housing dereliction hidden in corner of big Portlaoise estate

This is what the same house looks like on google maps in 2009. 

The property is not on Laois County Council's online Derelict Sites Register. Leinster Express has asked the local authority for info on the building and if a process is underway to place it on the register in order to address the dereliction.  Read more below picture

The Council says the Derelict Sites Act 1990 which was enacted in June 1990 provides for more effective arrangements against land dereliction. It  provides for an annual levy on certain derelict sites in urban areas.

A “derelict site” means any land which detracts, or is likely to detract, to a material degree from the amenity, character or appearance of land in the neighbourhood of the land in question because of:

• The existence on the land in question of structures which are in a ruinous, derelict or dangerous condition, or
• The neglected, unsightly or objectionable condition of land or any structures on the land in question, or
• The presence, deposit or collection on the land in question of any litter, rubbish, debris or waste, except where the presence, deposit or collection of such litter, rubbish, debris or waste results from the exercise of a right conferred by statute or common law.