Residents in luxury housing estate on hold for phone line

RESIDENTS of a luxury housing development have put out a distress call after being left hanging on the line for a year for their Eircom telephones.

The hi-spec homes in an upmarket estate outside Cork City have five bedrooms, landscaped gardens, CCTV security, central vacuum systems, whirlpool baths and satellite and internet capability, but all their owners want is a humble land line.

Despite repeated queries and pleas to Eircom to get them connected, however, all they have heard from the phone company is “we’re busy, please hold”.