Leeside tenants hope to avoid eviction

Urgent fire safety upgrades to an apartment complex in Cork can be done without evicting residents, an expert report has suggested.

The residents of Leeside Apartments called last night on the complex owners, Lugus Capital, to withdraw the notices to quit which were issued before Christmas, and to move swiftly to implement the required upgrades.

Residents’ spokespersons Aimee O’Riordan and Gaston Behal said they and their neighbours want these fire safety improvements done as a matter of urgency, and they are willing to cooperate.