Call to resolve rent anomalies in Carrigaline, Cork

A local authority is to call on the Housing Agency to seek a solution to an issue which has seen half of one of the country’s largest commuter towns excluded from rent control legislation.

The move comes after Housing Minister Simon Coveney told Cork County Council that he does not have the power to designate all of Carrigaline — the location of his Cork South Central constituency office — as a rent pressure zone (RPZ).

Earlier this year Mr Coveney signed orders designating 23 towns — including Carrigaline — as RPZs. The measure means that by law rent rises in these areas are capped at 4%.