Cork colleges told they must help tackle housing challenge

UCC and CIT must step up to the plate and work with City Hall to address Cork’s student housing challenge.

The call came from Fine Gael Cllr John Buttimer after councillors voted to adopt a variation in the City Development Plan 2015-2021 which he described as the “first step in re-balancing the rights between developers and local communities”.

But there is a lot more work to be undertaken locally and nationally in terms of planning legislation,” he said.