O’Callaghan project faced ‘disaster’ in election fallout
Fianna Fáil was devastated in the poll with 14 supporters of the Cork businessman’s plans for Quarryvale — now the location of the Liffey Valley shopping complex — failing to keep their seats on Dublin County Council.
The party’s majority evaporated at the same time. And, just a month after a vital council vote to rezone Quarryvale for planning purposes, the Fianna Fáil representatives were replaced by “unknown quantities” from a range of other political parties.
