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FRIDAY, JANUARY 18, 2013
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WEATHER out of their home while demolition TONIGHT
works are going on around them as part of a city regeneration project.
Imelda and Frank Carey from Ardmore Avenue, Knocknaheeny, say they are not going L: 2°C to move from their home unless, and until, A mix of snow Cork City Council offers them a place to live and rain they feel is suitable for them. Contractors are currently on site carrying out preparation works ahead of demolition Winds: NW at which is due get under way next week. 10-20 mph A total of 70 houses are being razed to the ground as part of phase one of the €75 million plan. While other families in the area have been re-housed in locations around the city, Imelda and Frank, who own their house, say the alternative houses they have been offered aren’t suitable. “We have been offered Shanakiel and The Meadows up by St Vincent’s, but they’re too far away,” said Imelda. “I suffer from arthritis in both knees and am 18.01.13 not able to walk long distances and I don’t drive. I want to stay close to the doctor, the Recommended credit union, the church and the supermarket retail price I’ve used for the past 40 years,” she added. €1.50 Imelda, aged 67, and Frank, 71, raised their
Frank and Imelda Carey outside their family home in Knocknaheeny which they are refusing to leave until they get ‘suitable’ accommodation. “It is where we brought up our eight children.”
Picture: Larry Cummins and Denis Minihane
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eight children in the house. One of their sons lives with them, their daughter, who is studying medicine in Trinity College, returns home at weekends, and their other six children live nearby. “We don’t want to leave our home, and wherever we go it will just be a house. I’ve told the council that I’d move to lower Shanakiel, Monastery Avenue or Monastery Hill, but they haven’t offered us anything in those places. “All we want is a nice house, like I have at the moment, in the right location,” said Imelda. A spokesman for Cork City Council said they couldn’t speak about individual cases, but confirmed that a full consultation process began with local residents over a year ago. “Every resident was informed and would have been offered alternative, top class, turn key accommodation,” said the spokesman. He also confirmed that while demolition will get under way next week, any home where agreement has not been reached will not be demolished. It’s also expected that the row of houses that the Carey’s live on won’t be part of the initial demolition process.
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