Cork council defies minister’s request to postpone opening of housing project

The environment minister was accused last night of engaging in “stroke and gutter politics” for asking a local authority to postpone the official opening of a multimillion-euro social housing project in Cork City until he was able to attend.

And it has also emerged that Alan Kelly’s department has emailed the chief executives of all local authorities requesting more advance notice about the opening of all social housing projects.

.@SeanMartinFF claims that Environment Minister Alan Kelly has directed councils can't open housing estates unless he's available #corkcc

— Eoin English (@EoinBearla) June 8, 2015