Council rent review to go ahead despite calls for it to be halted

A controversial rent review process affecting almost 6,000 Cork City Council tenants will not be halted despite protests and calls for it to be scrapped.

About 40 members of the recently formed Tenants Rights Association picketed City Hall before last night’s council meeting.

They said the review, which was first reported by the Irish Examiner last week, has generated fear among tenants who are already in difficult economic circumstances.