A public representative is calling for urgent action to clean up or demolish a derelict factory set alight for the eighth time in three years.

Permission for the redevelopment of a former textile factory in Youghal has been overturned by An Bord Pleanala.

An Bord Pleanála has received three appeals against plans to construct a major retail outlet on a derelict site in Youghal.

Planning permission is being sought to build supermarkets on two former textile factories in an east Cork town.