Cork council defends pace of housing scheme with 121 new homes delivered in over a decade

A council spokesperson said the scheme is 'proceeding at pace', but stressed that it is not comparable to a greenfield or brownfield site

Cork City Council said 121 homes have actually been delivered in four phases under the scheme — with construction on another 103 homes underway in three more phases. File Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council has defended what Sinn Féin has described as the “snail's pace” delivery of a multi-million housing regeneration scheme which has yielded 121 new homes since it was adopted over a decade ago.

The party’s TD for Cork North Central, Thomas Gould, claimed that just 99 new homes have been delivered through the massive North West Quarter Regeneration (NWQR) scheme for Knocknaheeny and Hollyhill, which was adopted in 2011 for delivery in phases over several years.