Plan for 800 social housing units

Almost 800 social and voluntary housing units will come on stream over the next two years thanks to a €100m funding package announced yesterday.

It will also help fund the construction of a major step-down facility in Cork City to support people with addiction in the early stages of recovery.

The Fellowship House project in Togher will be one of the largest of its kind in the country which has been described as a template for the rest of the country.