Sibling row flares over helicopter site

A BITTER planning row between one of the country’s top developers and his brother has flared up again over helicopter activity on his estate.

Michael O’Flynn, managing director of O’Flynn Construction — which is building Ireland’s tallest building, the Elysian in Cork — has lodged a planning application with Cork County Council for a landing pad on a site close to his huge home in Kilcrea, Ovens, on the western outskirts of the city.

Mr O’Flynn, who does charity work for Crumlin Children’s Hospital and who has extensive business interests in Britain and Europe, travels regularly to and from his home by private chopper.