Cash back windfall for building firm

ONE of the country’s largest development firms has been given the equivalent of a €1.7 million ‘cash back’ windfall thanks to An Bord Pleanála.

O’Flynn Construction has had a proposed Cork City Council development levy for an apartment tower reduced from a hefty €4.3m to €2.6m.

And, adding to the lucky streak, the county’s largest building and development firm - headed by Michael O’Flynn - was granted planning permission from the Board for a contested development of 74 houses and apartments on Maryborough Hill, Douglas.