City officials defend contentious CPO bid for Docklands site

AN BÓRD Pleanála has enough evidence to confirm a contentious compulsory purchase order (CPO) on 10 hectares of prime land in Cork’s docklands, a local authority said yesterday.

Solicitor Pearse Sreenan, representing the city council, said city officials had, over the course of a four-day hearing on the issue, provided more than enough evidence demonstrating the need for the CPO.

“The evidence tendered by the objectors borders on the absurd,” he said.