Bid to stop head shops opening near schools fails

CORK county councillors were yesterday told they have no powers to prevent head shops setting up next to schools as the planning system was not geared “to deal with moral issues.”

Bid to stop head shops opening near schools fails

Councillors had been hoping they could insert a variation into the County Development Plan to prohibit head shops from trading within one mile of schools.

A formal motion to change planning guidelines was made by Councillor Noel McCarthy (Labour) at a meeting in County Hall.

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