Building work on a €16m social housing scheme — one of the largest in the country — is finally under way in Cork City, more than a decade after flats on the site were demolished.

Building work on a €16m social housing project on the southside of Cork City is set to get under way within weeks following almost a year of complex ground works.

Plans to build a primary care centre on a city-owned landbank at the centre of a drawn-out sale controversy have collapsed.

The new chief executive of Cork City Council has been urged to rebuild trust between councillors and senior city management.