A homeless couple in their 40s have erected a tent outside Cork City Hall and are refusing to move until the local corporation provides them with accommodation.
Ms Bernadette Barnes and Mr Noel O'Sullivan were asked to leave a rented house in the city's north side a fortnight ago.
They have been pitching their tent all over the city in the last few weeks and finally decided to highlight their case by camping outside the Lord Mayor's entrance to the City Hall.
Ms Barnes has vowed that she will not leave until she is provided with accommodation by the local authorities.
"We will stay here as long as it takes. We are not moving even if it takes two, three or four weeks," she said. The Cork woman is three months pregnant and is worried that living rough will have an effect on the health of her unborn child.