Lord Mayor to oversee transfer of woman out of freezing flat

THE Lord Mayor of Cork has vowed to personally oversee the case of a woman seeking a transfer out of a freezing local authority flat.

Labour’s Cllr Michael O’Connell was speaking last night after visiting Majella Cassidy, 48, at her home at Bellview Crescent, off the Old Youghal Road, to discuss her plight.

Ms Cassidy, who is in receipt of a €220 weekly disability allowance, went public yesterday after conditions in her flat became unbearable.