Activists in Cork will take to the streets of the city tonight in protest over the government's handling of the housing crisis
WE’VE ALL COME together from all walks of life, from all backgrounds, from all different cultures to say to the government that it failed, it’s continuing to fail and we’re not going away. Following Saturday’s housing and homeless rally in Dublin, activists, politicians and members of the public are expected to gather in Cork city tonight participate in a demonstration over Ireland’s housing crisis.
Take Back The City over the summer held numerous protests in Dublin city centre, alongside a range of occupations of properties in the north inner city. Today, ONE Cork and a number of other groups are coming together at 5pm outside Cork City Hall to hold the county’s first Raise the Roof protest, in the build up to a national rally in May.
Murphy noted that the housing crisis isn’t just a Dublin-centric issue, and that it’s an issue in towns and villages around the country, too. The government really needs to get a grip and say we’re three years into Rebuilding Ireland … it hasn’t worked.
“We have people who are homeless who are not even counted – people who are couchsurfing, we have overcrowded conditions with young families living with parents, we have people waiting eight to 10 years on the housing list,” Murphy said.Students at the Garden of Remembrance during October's Raise the Roof rally Source: Leah Farrell via RollingNews.
“The government have not listened and we need to be on the streets to say to the government the people spoke last year, not only on the streets but also through our elected representatives,” she said.
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