Tenants facing eviction from Cork apartments urge council to intervene 

Tenants of listed building have appealed to Cork City Council to use the tenant in situ scheme to buy the building and  rehouse residents

Eamon de Staic, Kate Roche and Brendan Duffin outside Chorister's House in Cork City. They are among many people facing homelessness after a mass eviction order was placed on all tenants living in the 25 flats within the listed building. Pictures: Chani Anderson 

Twenty tenants facing eviction from Cork City’s Chorister’s House apartments have appealed to Cork City Council to use the tenant in situ scheme to buy the building before they face homelessness.

Tenants in 24 units in Chorister’s House on Dean Street were served eviction notices by their private landlord on May 30 last.