Council’s inaction results in land row

CORK City Council’s failure to act three years ago has led to a complex land row in a leafy Cork suburb, it emerged last night.

However, an end could be in sight to the long-running saga following comments from city manager Joe Gavin.

City management was criticised at last night’s council meeting for not responding to a letter from the Chief State Solicitor’s Office in 2003 about the title to a stand of trees in Lake Lawn in Douglas which are now the subject of a legal battle.