Singles to get priority on housing waiting lists

A LOCAL authority is prioritising single people on its housing lists in west Cork.

Nearly half the 1,100-plus home-seekers on county council housing lists in the area are single males or single-parent families.

Single men and single women without families represent about one-third of all applicants. Most cannot compete in the private housing market in west Cork, where the rental outlay is comparable, in some cases, to prices in Dublin and Cork.