Council spent €2.5m on unfinished Cork housing scheme — now some of it is being demolished

Cork City Council spent €2.5m before halting a Knocknaheeny housing build that is now partially being demolished and retendered
Council spent €2.5m on unfinished Cork housing scheme — now some of it is being demolished

Demolition work of the 24 partially completed homes on Kilmore Rd. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council spent almost €2.5m on a controversial and unfinished 24-house development on the city’s northside, but it is unclear how many of the incomplete structures are now being demolished.

In March 2020, a private contractor began work on 24 houses on Kilmore Rd in Knocknaheeny before work ground to a halt a few months later in what Cork City Council described as “a complex contractual dispute”.

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