National Homeless and Housing Coalition - Cork

19/09/2025

75% of all new housing built in Ireland was bought by corporate landlords, condemning several generations to a lifetime of extortionate rent or homelessness. Public housing built by a public construction company on public land, for our needs not for private greed, is the only solution to the housing crisis. Join the Raise The Roof rally, Saturday October 4th, 2.30pm, on the Grand Parade.

12/06/2025

Homeless numbers increase when rents increase. That's profitable for landlords. A building increases in value even if you leave it empty. That's profitable for landlords. If social housing increases, supply increases, housing then becomes more affordable for everyone. That's not profitable for landlords. Most of our government are landlords. Connect the dots. Multiple generations will never have a home of their own. It's time to fight back!

26/09/2024

The single best way to hammer this landlord government, defeat the rise of the far right, and get public housing built on public land, is through a massive vibrant nationwide campaign for housing for all.

Please sign and share this petition calling on our unions for a Raise The Roof protest. 14,000 homeless, 4000 children. It's an emergency.

Only by mobilising working people on housing can we have a build a  movement housing with more power than the landlords, developers and vulture funds.

17/04/2024

Through some epic highs and dire lows, Martin has protested for 99 weeks in a row at the Dail, travelling from his home near Bandon, a home his landlord wants to evict him from. We are really looking forward to joining him and others in Dublin tomorrow to commemorate his 100th week of resistance.

Because nothing demasks those in power quite like art and music. The government was absolutely rattled by Spicebag's visual depiction of modern day garda at the scene of a 19th century eviction. Martin's anthem 'Everyone Should Have A Home' has become a thorn in their side as more and more musicians like Christy Moore perform it, communities sing it, and the media writes about it. Songwriter Jimi Cullen's anti-racist take on the housing crisis 'Housing For All' is another great example.

The government can't debate art like they can debate pundits or statistics. Art's impact is because we feel it first and understand it later. Most people are aware of the horrors of the housing crisis but when it's represented in a way that's outside the box it resonates with people on a whole other level and frightens the establishment on a whole other level. Because no matter how much the government tries to disguise who they are, the poor man's truth is always greater than the rich man's spin. And the government is using all of its public relations machine in a desperate attempt not to appear like their former colonial masters. The terrible fact remains that rates of evictions and homelessness are now higher than at the time of the famine. The government is also aware that the people hold the power of a sleeping giant and they very much want that giant to stay asleep.

The power of storytelling and music is about communicating history, learning from mistakes, celebrating victories, and empowering communities to resist. And Ireland has an astonishing tradition of tenant rebellion that we can draw from, enough to wake a giant. Martin's protest is an important part of that tradition.

Support him from 1pm.

27/02/2024

We got to sing 'Solidarity Forever' in a crowd 50,000 strong last year and we can't wait to do it again this Saturday in Dublin for the 'Stand Together' Rally. This is the Ireland we want, young and old, native and foreign, all genders, all religions, all colours, our class united in song.

We can't let racism divide us. Racism makes us weak. Solidarity makes us strong. By working together we can radically change our society for the better. We call on everyone who wants improvements in housing, healthcare, education, employment,
and childcare, to join our movement of solidarity and show their support for an inclusive and welcoming society.

There will be a bus leaving at 8.30am from Cork City Hall to Dublin for only €15 return (€5 unwaged). See link here:
https://fb.me/e/477nquvRQ

And link here for Stand Together, Saturday, March 2nd, 1.30pm, Garden Of Remembrance, Dublin:
https://fb.me/e/a5r3mZOsc

https://www.facebook.com/reel/1365907700829028

26/07/2023

As homelessness increases, what will it take to win our right to housing? Join us for a lively discussion about the origins of and solutions to the housing crisis.

Thursday July 27th, 7pm, at the Quay Co-Op Bookshop.
Event link: https://fb.me/e/10MsN4Cxf

08/06/2023

Many of us have been pushed out of the city that we love. It shouldn't be a playground only for the wealthy.

We need real rent controls, and end to dereliction and evictions, and a major programme of public housing on public land. It's time to stand up for our right to housing. Join us Saturday June 10th, 12.30pm at Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay for the Raise The Roof Rally For Housing.



Event link here: https://fb.me/e/2DtDLdZXO

07/06/2023

We are all Cork, but so many of us have nowhere to call home. Whole generations are locked out and the pain runs deep. We want housing for the people, not a housing market for the rich. We need real rent controls, and end to dereliction and evictions, and a major programme of public housing on public land. It's time to stand up for our right to housing. Join us Saturday June 10th, 12.30pm at Connolly Hall, Lapps Quay for the Raise The Roof Rally For Housing.



Event link here: https://fb.me/e/2DtDLdZXO

24/05/2023

It's the same exploitation but with a smile. So they'll still evict you onto the streets just the same ...they'll just do it politely now. This sums up the neoliberal stance of FF/FG/Labour/Greens.

When activists attempt to thwart an eviction they'll now be up against the landlord, the thugs, the private security, *and* the cops. The government is desperate not to appear like the evil spectres of the past but just like the British Empire before them, the current Irish state is a ruling class commitee that protects the interests of the rich.

“Should members of An Garda Síochána be present at an eviction, the role of An Garda Síochána is to ensure peace and public order is maintained, and no criminal offence is committed.”

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien had asked the RTB to look at how the state could improve its response to illegal evictions.

05/05/2023

https://www.joe.ie/news/cork-musician-housing-protest-773329

Martin Leahy, a musician from Cork, has been travelling to Leinster House every Thursday for the past year, where he sings about the housing crisis.

11/04/2023

A local activist with the NHHC spoke at today's protest at City Hall:

"I have one question for the politicians who voted to reinstate evictions. Where are families supposed to go? So far their excuses have been weak and hypocritical. They wouldn't even discuss the issue last week here at City Hall. They're afraid to talk about it because their spin doesn't work anymore. We know there's nowhere but the streets for those evicted. And the politicians know that. But they don't care. Why? Because 41% of Dáil Éireann are millionaires and 25% of them are landlords. They vote for their own interests not for our interests. Property for them is just a rich man's game to make themselves richer.

But property shouldn't be a commodity like gold to be traded for profit. It's a life or death neccessity. For decades the profit motive of the private sector hasn't led to more housing. It's only led to the highest rents and mortgages in Europe, it's led to record breaking amounts of homelessness, and now it's led to the largest wave of evictions since British occupation. Just like during the famine when food was hoarded and exported for profit while people starved, housing is being hoarded and traded for profit while people sleep on the streets. The English landlord gave way to the Irish landlord, and the Irish landlord gave way to the multi-national landlord. The problem was never the nationality of the landlord, the problem is the landlord. We don't need landlords - we need housing. We don't need profiteers - we need the goods, from the plough to the stars for the benefit of all.

This landlord government is solely to blame. And that is why when they see a picture of modern day Gardaí at a 19th century eviction they actually see themselves, as they truly are, as in a mirror. Their system is cracking, their masks are slipping and they cannot stand the sight of themselves. Art has the power to comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable so keep sharing that image. Because it also teaches us that, just like during the Land War, through an organised rebellion we can resist evictions and win our right to housing. If you're facing an eviction you are not alone. Contact Threshold, the RTB, and the Community Action Tenant's Union and alongside tens of thousands of us we will fight alongside you. We as renters are over a million strong. We should take inspiration from history and remember what we can achieve when we work together.

We urgently need to cut and freeze rents and extend the eviction ban. We need to renovate all vacant properties and ghost estates and build public housing on public land through a not-for-profit national construction company. Overall we need to put public need over private greed. We want housing for the people, not a housing market for the rich."

11/04/2023