Permission to challenge a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a large-scale retail development at the site of a former military barracks in Co Cork has been granted by the High Court.

A High Court challenge has been brought against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to give the go-ahead to a large-scale retail development at the site of a former military barracks in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

By Aodhan O'Faolain and Ray Managh

SOME 200 new retail jobs are poised for Cork’s Ballincollig, as supermarket giant Tesco joins a heady and competitive mix in the town that already has two Aldis, two SuperValus, a Lidl — and a large Dunnes Stores.

THERE were a lot of houses built in Ballincollig over the last 10 years.

A SIMPLE box ticking exercises of house buying types would categorise a three-bed semi-d as a house for first time buyers, with the trading up option as a four-bed detached. But, there’s also scope for four-bed semi-ds, and that’s the sort of buyer estate agent Dan Howard is finding at No 91 Old Court, in Cork’s Ballincollig.

PLANS to replace an 1890s-built garda station in one of Cork’s biggest towns cleared the final government hurdle yesterday.

COMPUTER storage giant EMC announced plans yesterday to locate up to 350 hi-tech jobs in Cork’s newest office campus.

DEFENCE minister Willie O’Dea said his department has no immediate plans to close any further military barracks.

IT’S easy to see from this aerial photograph why the experts call this a brownfield site. The central swirl of bulldozed earth is 90 acres of land in the centre of Ballincollig - soon to become Cork’s 21st century town.

Defence Minister Michael Smith has formally completed the sale of Murphy Barracks in Ballincollig, Co Cork.

CORK County Council has given the green light to a €400 million redevelopment of Ballincollig, the biggest planning permission ever granted by the local authority.

THE €41-million sale of the former 90-acre military barracks at Ballincollig can go ahead.

Two former army barracks have been sold for in excess of €65million, in a deal agreed by the Minister for Defence, Michael Smith.