City council votes against discussing mass eviction

Cork city councillors pushed a council debate on the issue back to a housing policy committee meeting next month.

Residents Brendan Duffin, Kate Roche, and Eamon Stack outside Chorister's House in Cork City. Picture: Chani Anderson 

Cork’s city councillors voted against discussing a mass eviction crisis facing residents of a city apartment block at Monday’s council meeting — a move described as “an insult to the tenants”.

The criticism was levelled by Solidarity councillor Brian McCarthy after councillors voted against his proposal to seek a suspension of standing orders to discuss the issue facing the tenants of the Choristers building on Dean St.