Idle Cork council house vandalised after €30k revamp

A council house which underwent an estimated €30,000 refurbishment before Christmas was left vacant for months afterwards, broken in to and damaged.

Cork City Council must now arrange for new repairs before it can be let out to tenants.

There were 481 vacant council properties across the city at the end of last month, with close to 9,000 people on the city’s housing waiting list.