VIDEO: Legal action taken to fix "worst ghost estate in Ireland"

Cork County Council is taking legal action to recoup an insurance policy to fix what has been dubbed “the worst ghost estate in Ireland”.

Tim Lucey, the council’s chief executive officer, confirmed that the local authority had initiated legal proceedings because of appalling conditions at Lios na Gréine estate in the North Cork village of Lismire.

He signalled the move after Cllr Bernard Moynihan (FF) handed him a petition from “every man, woman, and child living in the village” highlighting dangerous conditions at the unfinished estate.