First Cork modular homes for Ukrainian refugees to be handed over in two weeks

Projects have been dogged by delays and opposition from some local communities with a number of protests outside earmarked sites

Modular homes under construction at the Ballinure Land Bank, St Michael's Drive, Mahon, Cork City. Pictures: Eddie O'Hare

The first of 700 modular homes for Ukrainian refugees will be handed over in Mahon in Cork in two weeks, an Oireachtas committee has been told.

The Housing Committee was told on Tuesday by the Office of Public Works that the delayed units will "continue to flow" through the summer.