Businessman pursues plan to open Garretstown beach coffee dock

While it was refused planning permission by Cork County Council, only one objection was raised to Denis Calnan’s plans by a Cork resident

Cork entrepreneur Denis Calnan has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála in a bid to overturn the council’s decision to reject his plans to build a single-storey coffee dock on Garretstown beach near Ballinspittle. Photo: Denis Boyle

A businessman has not given up on plans to open a coffee dock on one of Cork’s best-known beaches, despite being refused planning permission for the project by Cork County Council.

Cork entrepreneur Denis Calnan has lodged an appeal with An Bord Pleanála in a bid to overturn the council’s decision to reject his plans to build a single-storey coffee dock on Garretstown beach near Ballinspittle.