Two-year delays in turning around some vacant local authority homes 

Cork City took 63 weeks on average, and Cork County took 53 weeks. Sligo County Council was the worst at 139 weeks.

Cork City took 63 weeks on average to get properties re-occupied by the end of 2019, although recent figures have shown this has worsened.

It is taking more than two years for councils to turn around vacant homes for new tenants, despite more than 60,000 people on housing waiting lists.

A new report by the Local Government Audit service, based on details from 31 city and county councils, also reveals there were almost 5,000 vacant social housing units across the country just before the outbreak of the pandemic.