€11m for housing repairs in Cork City Council budget

An €11m loan for council housing repairs in Cork city is on the way and funding for road repairs and homeless services has been increased as city councillors agreed not to increase commercial rates and parking charges.

The decisions were taken during the city council’s 2018 budget meeting last night which will see the council spend €160m next year — up €7.6m on the previous year.

However, more than half of that increase will on on payroll on foot of public service pay restoration deals.