Homelessness protest as City Hall launches policy on dereliction

Homeless families and children protested outside Cork City Hall last night before a council meeting in which a vacant industrial site was rezoned for housing and a more aggressive approach to tackling dereliction was announced.

Mother of three Sarah said she, her partner Jason, and their children, were evicted illegally into homelessness by their landlord and have been living in emergency accommodation for the last eight months.