By Darragh BerminghamThe Lord Mayor of Cork has slammed the Housing Minister's threat to remove power from local authorities for failing to deal with housing issues. "It seems that the Minister doesn't trust councils to do the job," Mr Finn said. The Lord Mayor said local authorities haven’t been given the flexibility to work on the ground. “We invited the minister for housing to come to Cork not long after he was appointed to discuss some of the housing issues that are prevalent in Cork,” said the Lord Mayor. “While Dublin has probably the most severe issues, we have a very serious problem with housing and homelessness here in Cork.

Source: Evening echo September 08, 2018 16:07 UTC