Council to prioritise house repairs over ‘financial constraints’

Cork County Council has said that due to "current financial constraints" it will have to prioritise repairs to council houses for the rest of the year.

A senior council official has written to councillors informing them that the council’s Housing Section will be prioritising all repair requests received, with emergency repairs being deemed the top priority for at least the next four months.

The cash-strapped local authority said all non-emergency repairs will continue to be logged once they have been reported by the tenants themselves and that it’s the tenant’s responsibility to report any maintenance issues by phoning the dedicated housing maintenance phonelines at council regional offices.