Two hundred social homes officially opened across Cork city

Council plans to deliver at least 5,671 social and affordable homes between 2022 and 2026 — 3,934 social homes and 1,737 affordable homes

(Left to right) Brian Geaney, Assistant CE, Cork City Council; Bronagh D'Arcy, Tuath Housing; Ann Doherty, CE, Cork City Council; Lord Mayor of Cork, Cllr Deirdre Forde, Niall O Donobhain, Director of Housing, Cork City Council, and Alison O'Rourke, Housing Dept, Cork City Council at the official opening of five housing schemes in Cork city, at Laurel Heights, Shanakiel. Picture: Michael O'Sullivan/OSM PHOTO

More than 200 social homes were officially opened across Cork city on Friday with a pledge from City Hall that many more are in the pipeline.

The outgoing Lord Mayor, Cllr Deirdre Forde, visited five sites to officially open 202 new homes, all built with funding from the Department of Housing.