County Council gets approval for 468 affordable homes in Cork and energy upgrades

Affordable houses will be supplied to people at a discounted rate, lower than the current market value in the particular areas where they are built

Clonakilty is to get 67 houses, Mallow 107, Kinsale 134 and Carrigaline 60, File picture: Dan Linehan

Plans have been drawn up to build 468 affordable houses at a cost of €35.1m at six locations in Co. Cork.

Cork County Council has received approval in principle from the government for the project with the houses built in phases from this year until 2026. Details of the plans were contained in a report supplied to councillors by Maurice Manning, head of Cork County Council’s housing directorate.