Probe after council left residents in legal limbo

THE Ombudsman is investigating an affordable housing fiasco in Cork which has trapped people in legal limbo for more than two years.

More than a dozen residents in the Hollyhill Heights estate on Cork’s northside are furious because they have been paying ‘dead’ rent money for two years after entering into what the city council told them would be a temporary rental arrangement lasting about a month.

Two years on, the affected residents still do not have the deeds to the houses.