Former PD candidate in soccer club bid

A FORMER Progressive Democrats election candidate turned property developer is heading one of four groups trying to buy Cork City football club.

Cork-based developer Tom Coughlan, who stood as a PD candidate in the 1997 local elections, confirmed yesterday that his consortium is willing to invest €1 million in the troubled soccer club.

His group is one of four that lodged formal expressions of interest to buy the club with its examiner before yesterday’s 5pm deadline.