Six councils, including Cork City, have failed to hire vacant homes officer

Cork City Council is among six local authorities which have failed to appoint a vacant homes officer six months after being ordered to do so.

Labour housing spokeswoman, Jan O’Sullivan, has hit out at the “lack of urgency” in filling the positions given the housing and homeless crisis.

“We need to get to the bottom of why there are nearly 200,000 vacant homes around Ireland, and how many can be brought back into use to deal with the housing crisis.