A petition signed by more than 400 residents living in Fermoy, Co Cork is demanding the reinstatement of bollards which prevented cars from accessing a local national school walking route.

A county councillor in Cork has claimed the local authority “could do more” to tackle the current housing crisis, by building on its own existing housing-zoned landbanks of nearly 130 acres.

It’s been described as “an absolute disgrace” that nearly 7,000 people are on the waiting list for houses in Co Cork, yet 600 Nama-owned homes and 163 apartments are lying idle.