Mother pleads with Cork City Council to tackle mould in her home

Her son, 12, who is also asthmatic, now stays in his room, avoiding the main living area where the damp is worst.

Sam Barry with the dampness at her home at Elderwood Drive, Boreenmanna Road. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Black mould started to creep along the walls before asthmatic Sam Barry saw mushrooms growing on the ceiling of her home.

The damp in her apartment on Boreenmanna Rd in Cork became so bad that the plaster started to disintegrate and fall off.