Pregnant single mother’s rented Cork flat has sewage leaking into kitchen and bathroom

Alina Maranescu in the bedroom of her flat at Church Street, Shandon, Cork. Pictures: Dan Linehan

A pregnant single mother who had faeces and urine dripping into her kitchen and bathroom from the flat above upstairs was forced to leave this week when the ceiling collapsed.

Alina Maranescu, who is pregnant with twins and has a seven-year-old son, has been living in Dickensian conditions in the flat in Cork City.