"a much-needed facility in the city. At the moment, we have a handful of domestic violence refuge beds in the city. I understand that we have six beds in Cuanlee [refuge] and maybe a handful more across the city. Otherwise, women and children are being sent to homeless services, which is completely inappropriate. This facility will meet their needs and it will provide vital services for women and children going through probably one of the hardest things any one of us could ever go through,"
"a fantastic record for providing for women and families in need over many, many years in Cork City. I think we need more refuges and we also need them outside of the city, I mean these women and families need to not just be stuck in the city centre."
"That building has been empty for so many years, even decades, it's great to see a repurposing. There are fantastic refuges in the city in terms of Cuanlee and Edel House and so on, but we need way, way, way more."
The 1930s-built Christ the King Presentation Convent on Evergreen Road at Turner's Cross will be renovated, extended, and supplemented by two new four-storey residential blocks on the 0.69-hectare site. The development will provide short-term emergency accommodation for women and children and will be delivered by Good Shepherd Cork in partnership with Cork City Council. The city council approved the plan by a 28-1 vote. The project responds to a shortage of domestic violence refuge beds in the city, aims to prevent inappropriate use of homeless services, and repurposes a long-empty building while expanding refuge capacity.
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