Halfway house appeal turned down

A PLAN to develop a halfway house for recovering alcoholics have been turned down by An Bord Pleanála.

Registered charity the Clara Foundation had wanted to build a 10-bed rehabilitation and treatment centre on a field at Station Road, Millstreet, Co Cork.

More than 50 local people objected to the plan when it was first mooted, in the belief that the organisation was also planning to use the facility to treat victims of drug abuse.