Families celebrate David v Goliath victory

IT WAS billed as David and Goliath — families against the powerful Port of Cork.

But mothers, fathers and grandparents in the sailing town of Monkstown, who led the fight against the port’s €160 million container terminal, celebrated their planning victory yesterday.

The same people who watched in disgust as An Bord Pleanála overturned its own inspector’s decision on the controversial Indaver incinerator a few years ago, said they were surprised by yesterday’s decision from the planning appeals board, but nonetheless delighted.