Special apartments to tackle social housing waiting lists

A unique type of accommodation is to be made available to those on social housing waiting lists in Dublin.

Up to 34 specially designed apartments are about to be made available to those over the age of 55, so that older council tenants who would like to downsize from an existing larger council owned property can do so.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has completed the construction of the apartments at the Rochestown House complex in Sallynoggin which was first built in the 1970s.