Thomas Gould (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

In a seven- or eight-week period at the start of this year, 31,000 bids were made on 145 properties in Cork city and county.

That goes to show the level of the housing crisis in Cork.

People contact me at 12.05 a.m. every Thursday. The houses come up at midnight. People send me messages or emails, which is fine. People are desperate and are logging on at 12.01 a.m. There were 31,000 applications.