Developer gets mansion despite family objection

ONE of Ireland’s leading property developers has won a planning dispute - with his sister-in-law.

Michael O’Flynn, managing director of O’Flynn Construction, has been granted planning permission for a 9,500sq ft mansion, despite the objections of his sister-in-law, Eileen. Mr O’Flynn, described by the Construction Industry Federation as one of the biggest property developers outside Dublin, plans to construct a property almost 10 times larger than the average three-bedroom townhouse his company usually builds.

Cork County Council granted permission for the development at Kilcrea, near Ovens, earlier this year, but one month later it was appealed to Bord Pleanála by three people, including Mr O’Flynn’s sister-in-law, Eileen T O’Flynn, who lives nearby.