Overturning of library move could cost council €350k

A CASH-STRAPPED local authority could be facing a penalty of more than €300,000 after voting last night against relocating a public library.

Cork City manager Joe Gavin accused councillors, who voted in 2008 to proceed with relocating the St Mary’s Road branch on the city’s northside, of “flip-flopping” on policy decisions.

Earlier this year, he signed an offer and acceptance deal with a developer to relocate the library to a new unit in Blackpool shopping centre.