War of words erupts between Fianna Fáil and Sinn Féin ahead of Cork City Council meeting on housing

Sinn Féin were "more interested in a photo opportunity" than attending to housing issues, said Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fitzgerald, but the party said the meeting was "procedural", and councillors spent most of that time talking to potential evictees instead.

Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fitzgerald, pictured here at Cork City Council's Lotamore/Mayfield housing scheme, has accused Sinn Féin of 'political grandstanding'. 

Sinn Féin in Cork has been accused of being more interested in “political grandstanding” and photo opportunities than in taking decisions to help ease the housing crisis.

Fianna Fáil councillor Tony Fitzgerald, who is also chairman of Cork City Council’s housing strategic policy committee (SPC), levelled the charge ahead of what is expected to be a tense city council meeting on Tuesday, where an anti-eviction ban protest is expected to take place.