Eviction threat woman: I would rather die than be homeless

A distraught woman who is defying an eviction order and refusing to leave her Cork City apartment has pleaded with city officials to save her from a life on the streets.

“I would rather end my life than live on the streets, be homeless. What else can I do?” she said last night.

The woman, who asked to be referred to as Ann, has been renting the privately owned two-bed city centre apartment for nine years.