'The amount of vacant housing all over Cork City... it defies logic' 

Residents of Rathmore Park gathered to protest at the number of vacant council houses in the area

John Cooney and Billy Crowley joined residents of Sutton's and Roche's Buildings at a protest in Rathmore Park, Cork, to highlight the issue of vacant local authority houses in the area. Picture: Dan Linehan

A “crime against humanity” is how one Cork resident described some 20 empty houses in his immediate neighbourhood during a protest against vacancy and the housing crisis.