€16m social housing project for Cork

Building work on a €16m social housing project on the southside of Cork City is set to get under way within weeks following almost a year of complex ground works.

It was confirmed last night that the long-awaited 65-house project on a large publicly-owned landbank in Deanrock, Togher, is still on track despite concerns that it had ground to a halt.

Site clearance work began more than a year ago but concerns began to emerge in recent months that construction work on the houses had yet to start. However, Cork City Council has now confirmed that the site is in the process of being handed over to facilitate a construction start date in March.