Eviction ban protest at City Hall today

A protest calling for the reinstatement of the eviction ban will be held at Cork City Hall at 5pm today, Tuesday.

The protest is being organised by the Cork Cost Of Living Campaign and will precede a full meeting of Cork City Council at 5.30pm. The meeting will debate a motion calling for the reinstatement of the ban and take a report from the council's Housing Strategic Policy Committee (SPC) on the preparedness of the council for dealing with a post-ban wave of applications for emergency housing.

Socialist Party TD Mick Barry has called on people who want to see the eviction ban reinstated to attend the 5pm protest.

He said: “The Government are trying to hide behind a 2 week Dáil recess to dodge public pressure on the eviction ban issue. It's important that the pressure is kept on them, and I appeal to people who want to show opposition to the lifting of the ban to join the protest at City Hall this evening.”