Cork mother blocks council in fight to house family

A mother of two has vowed to continue her obstruction of council staff at a Cork halting site until her wait for local authority housing comes to an end.

Sarah McCarthy lives in a two-bedroom mobile home with her partner Martin and children Martin, 6, and Marissa, 2, in Spring Lane Halting site in Ballyvolane on the northside of Cork City.

She says she has been waiting eight years for a council house and has not received a single offer.