“This site is still causing quite a lot of angst”

An update was sought about a shop front in Mohill at this week's meeting of Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District.

Published 15th Jul 2026, 09:00 BST Cllr Irene Guckian Rabbitte (Ind) | N/A An update was sought about a shop front in Mohill at this week's meeting of Carrick-on-Shannon Municipal District. Sign up to our Leitrim Live newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know you can manage your profile, and explore all of the available newsletters from Leitrim Live within your account.

Cllr Irene Guckian Rabbitte (Ind) tabled a motion, asking for “an update on Gannon's shop front on Lower Main St. Mohill.”

Speaking on her motion, she acknowledged that “a lot of work has been done, with dangerous structures removed,” but she added that the “site is still causing a lot of angst, it still looks like a building site.”

“The shop front is quite a while boarded up,” the councillor continued.

Mohill based councillor Enda Stenson (Ind) told the meeting that, “there are worse buildings in Mohill than this one. Some of the buildings in Mohill are in a scandalous state.”

Cllr Sean McGowan, Cathaoirleach of the Municipal District, said that it is “welcome that works have taken place.”

A written reply from the council stated, “the building, on Lower Main Street in Mohill, suffered an unintended, substantial collapse during the course of internal alterations in November 2023.”

“The council issued the owners of the building with a Dangerous Structures notice under Section 3 of the Local Government Act.

The owner satisfied the requirement of this notice by installing a scaffold support structure,” the reply added.

“Works did commence which allowed the temporary support scaffolding to be removed in December 2025. The completion of the footpath in this area that formed part of the Mohill Public Realm Scheme was undertaken in January 2026,” the reply continued.

The reply went on to say that the site in question is now considered to be “an active development site.”

“It is similar to all other active development sites, the management of which rests with the owner and/or their agents,” the reply concluded.