City hospital row ‘a circus’

AN ELECTION row over proposals to build a new hospital on Cork’s northside was branded a “political circus” last night.

Cork North Central Workers’ Party candidate Cllr Ted Tynan said Labour candidate Cllr John Gilroy and Fine Gael candidate Cllr Pat Burton should be focusing on retaining existing services at under-threat hospitals instead of arguing over the location of a hospital that may never be built.

Cork County Council is considering 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.