Board under fire as private hospital gets green light

AN Bord Pleanála is under fire for giving the green light for a private hospital next to Cork University Hospital (CUH) against the advice of one of its own inspectors.

Residents who fought the Beacon Medical Group’s proposed €250 million co-located facility in Wilton said they felt vindicated by the inspector’s report.

“We avoided the politics of this issue and fought it purely on planning grounds,” said Eamonn Cashell, chairman of the Laburnum Wilton Residents Association.