Candidates row over location of possible hospital

A ROW has broken out between two election candidates about proposals to build a new hospital on the northside of Cork.

Cork County Council is looking at the possibility of rezoning around 300 acres in the Ballyvolane area which could, come an economic upturn, see the development of shopping centres, a major park and up to 3,000 houses.

Cllr Pat Burton, who is running for Fine Gael in Cork North Central, recently proposed that a new hospital also be built on that rezoned land.