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The countdown to the upcoming local and European elections is well and truly underway with candidates across all parties and none engaging in plenty of canvassing across Cork County.
Cork County councillors have agreed to draft a letter to government offices after Kanturk-Mallow representative Bernard Moynihan put forward a motion proposing that the Help to Buy Scheme be extended to first-time buyers who are developing derelict properties into permanent homes through the Croí Cónaithe Scheme.
Cork County Council has agreed to write to the Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien seeking to have Part 5 properties included under the Tenant Purchase Scheme.
A councilor said: “The budget cannot be passed this year until we see enough men on the ground doing the work.”
Fianna Fáil Councillor Michael O’Shea slammed Dáil deputies Danny and Michael Healy-Rae for not doing enough to protect the interests of North Kerry following An Bord Pleanála’s decision to refuse permission for Shannon LNG.