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Cork’s city council is moving ahead with demolishing two aging housing blocks on Noonan’s Road, with more to follow — but the story gets murkier when you look at similar buildings still standing. Despite years of complaints about mould, damp, and rodent infestations in flats built for just 50 years, the council now hesitates to tear down others on Fort Street and Dean Street due to the housing crisis. A damning 2023 inspection and leaked report confirmed structural decay, yet residents in nearly half the surveyed flats say they’ve been ignored — 65% battle rodents, over half can’t afford heat, and windows leak like sieves. This isn’t just about crumbling bricks — it’s about lives being eroded by neglect.

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