Councillors angered by hundreds of empty homes

THERE are 353 city council-owned homes lying vacant in Cork city and more than half of them are on the northside.

Fine Gael said it was disgraceful that so many local authority homes were empty at a time when the city’s housing waiting list had soared over the 6,000 mark.

The new figures, which were accurate to the end of September, were released to Fine Gael councillor Patricia Gosch this week.