Stately home ‘could handle 10,000 visitors a week’

A REDEVELOPED stately home could deal with up to 10,000 visitors a week, a Bord Pleanála oral hearing was told yesterday.

Plans to conserve Dunkathel House, near Glanmire, were unveiled by O’Flynn Construction, which has purchased the building and adjoining lands for a major housing project.

Cork County Council has already granted the company permission to build 527 homes on the site, but O’Flynn Construction is seeking up to 600. In addition, it plans to build an equestrian centre, garden centre, creche, retail unit and cafe.