Sinn Féin calls for emergency meeting of Cork City Council to discuss eviction ban

Members of Cork City Council are to meet to discuss housing in the coming days. Picture Denis Minihane.

The Lord Mayor of Cork is "considering" a request for an emergency meeting of the council to discuss the lifting of the eviction ban.

A spokesman for Cork City Council said that Lord Mayor, Cllr Deirdre Forde, will issue a response on Monday, though noted that the next meeting of the council's housing policy committee is due to meet this Wednesday anyway.