Short-term cosmetic works pledge for residents of rat-infested Cork flats

Vera Cambridge, left, and Eileen Aherne at a protest by Noonan's Road Residents Committee and supporters outside Cork City Hall about living conditions in local authority homes. Picture: Denis Minihane

Short-term cosmetic works can be arranged to begin addressing a litany of shocking living conditions at a Cork flats complex pending decisions on an “appropriate long-term solution”.

That pledge to the Noonan’s Road flats residents came from the assistant chief executive of Cork City Council, Brian Geaney, on Monday following a residents’ protest at City Hall.