'Every Tom, Dick, and Harry' from Cork city being sent to Glengarriff, claims councillor

“Every Tom, Dick, and Harry” from Cork city is being sent to an emergency accommodation centre in the West Cork village of Glengarriff, leading to incidents of antisocial behaviour, according to Independent Ireland local county councillor Danny Collins.

The issue was raised during Cork County Council’s Western Division discussion of a report on housing provision.

Mr Collins said residents and business owners in Glengarriff were concerned that an emergency accommodation centre in the village was being used as “a dumping area” for people from Cork city and further afield.

Glengarriff is a small tourist village and should not be used to house people from Cork city who have no connection to the area or West Cork, Mr Collins said.

He said that local people had contacted him about incidents of antisocial behaviour connected with the centre.

The situation was so bad that some local people were afraid to go for walks in the evening and businesses were threatening to withhold paying their rates until the issue was addressed.

Mr Collins added: “If somebody is homeless, surely they can be dealt with in that area. Could we write to Cork City Council about this?”

County Council officials undertook to raise the issue at an upcoming meeting of the Regional Homeless Strategic Management Group.

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