Housing Action Group mount 24 hour protest outside City Hall
They are demanding the Government urgently declare the issue a National Emergency.
We're confident we'll win.
Those are the words of Cllr Diarmuid Ó Cadhla who is leading a protest outside City Hall aimed at highlighting the housing and homelesssness crisis
This is the Housing Action Group's second 24 hour protest and they're demanding that the Government establishes a National Emergency Housing Commmitee.
The protest follows a number of deaths on the streets of Cork City in recent months. At the end of last year Jennifer Dennehy was found dead in a tent at Gilabbey park and just three months later Kathleen O'Sullivan was found in a doorway on Anderson's Quay
Speaking to RedFM News on the steps of City Hall, Cllr Diarmuid Ó Cadhla says the group are confident a national campaign will force the government to act.
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