Council scathing in criticism of quay development plan

CORK’S city councillors want to meet the board of CIÉ to thrash out issues surrounding the crucial, but stalled, development of a key city docklands site.

The call was made after major deficiencies, including serious design issues, were revealed as the reasons behind planners’ refusal of a multi-million apartment scheme on the company’s Horgan’s Quay site two months ago.

City officials have laid bare, for the first time, 13 main reasons behind planners’ decision to reject the Manor Park Homes’s project on a portion of the CIÉ-owned Horgan’s Quay site — a crucial area in the city’s multi-billion docklands regeneration plans.