Cathedral works set for oral hearing

THE controversial re-ordering of a cathedral in Co Cork is to be the subject of an An Bord Pleanála oral hearing.

The decision by the planning appeals authority to order the hearing has been welcomed by a group opposed to restructuring the inside of St Coleman’s Cathedral in Cobh.

Adrian O’Donovan, spokesman for the Friends of St Coleman’s Cathedral, said yesterday he’s confident An Bord Pleanála will overturn a ruling made by Cobh Town Council last September to allow the development to proceed.