Two projects could set the blueprint for future social housing in Co Cork

Two new projects will form the blueprint for future council houses in Co Cork, as they are designed to be easily adapted for people who become disabled or for couples who require additional space as the size of their family increases.

Council officials have announced they are shortly to seek planning for six one-bed social houses at Townsend Street, Skibbereen.

They told a meeting of the West Cork municipal district council that the houses have been specifically designed to accommodate people who might become frail when they are older, or have suffered a life-changing accident which left them disabled.