Housing activists poster dozens of derelict Cork sites in advance of protest 

Community Action Tenants Union believes many of them are owned by wealthy people waiting for property values to go up

An apparently vacant property on Marlboro St, Cork. Activists have placed posters on dozens of such buildings in Cork with a QR code leading to  an online petition letter to Cork City Council. Picture: Dan Lienhan

Housing activists have postered dozens of vacant and derelict sites and buildings across Cork city to highlight the problem ahead of a ‘walking festival of dereliction’.

Scanning a QR code on the posters takes you to an open letter to Cork City Council calling for new and urgent measures to end dereliction and for the construction of more public housing.