Period home in €15m sale after bitter saga

THE owners of one of the most important period houses in Cork are to cut their losses after a bitter planning saga.

The Russell family have decided to sell up Dunkathel House, on 150 acres on the city fringes. It carries a €15 million price guide.

A property deal on just over half of the land fell through last year after Bord Pleanála shot down a housing plan on its grounds.