Sit-down protest at City Hall to highlight issue of rising rents

A woman made homeless by rising rents and who has been forced to live in a women’s refuge for the last two months has pleaded for a council home.

Patricia Kelleher, 43, from Cork’s northside, was among several people who staged a sit-down protest outside the housing office in Cork’s City Hall yesterday.

“I worked all my life. I never drew the dole. I always helped others and now I’m looking for help and no-one will help me,” an emotional Patricia said.