Repair delays see council lose €350k a year in rental income

Cork County Council is losing at least €350,000 a year in rental income because it isn’t repairing its vacant homes fast enough.

The local authority currently has 311 vacant properties on its books, several of which have been boarded up for a number of years.

A report was issued on the matter yesterday by Mary Ryan, the council’s director of housing services, which showed that while the council isn’t very speedy at renovating houses, it nevertheless tackles them faster than a lot of other local authorities.