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Glounthaune’s Housing Rush | Cork News
A sleepy village outside Cork, Glounthaune, is bracing for a housing boom—1,000 new homes—but locals are sounding the alarm: roads are crumbling dirt tracks, schools and creches are overflowing, and essential services like pharmacies and doctors’ offices have vanished. Once hailed as a “model village” in 1910, it’s now stuck in time, with a reopened train line and a new cycle path as its only modern upgrades. But without sidewalks, steep roads, or community facilities like libraries or sports courts, the village is ill-equipped for growth. Traffic chaos is already a daily nightmare, with…
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