Controversy as Adare rezoning goes ahead

LIMERICK politicians last night voted through one of the most controversial land zonings outside of Dublin in the face of dire warnings of the legal risk they were taking for themselves and Limerick County Council.

By 12 votes to three (there were six abstentions) members of the county council legal advice and amended the county manager’s Adare local area plan, rezoning more than 50 acres of agricultural land for housing.

Sites in Adare are among the most expensive in the country and, at the height of the boom, a prime half-acre plot fetched €1.3 million.