Solicitor fails in High Court challenge to planning board ruling

A West Cork solicitor yesterday failed in a High Court challenge to quash a ruling by An Bord Pleanála which refused him planning permission to use, as his home, a building with questionable access to wastewater treatment facilities.

Ray Hennessy, who runs a legal practice in Bantry, had sought a judicial review of a Bord Pleanála decision to overturn a ruling by Cork County Council to approve the use of the property in Ballylickey as his main residence.