€150m development to be appealed

HERITAGE campaigners intend to appeal a decision by Cork city planners to grant conditional planning permission for a €150 million development at the former Beamish brewery site.

The National Conservation and Heritage Group, which has opposed the project since the brewery closed in May 2009, said it still has serious concerns, despite the raft of conditions imposed by planners.

Spokesman Mick Murphy said: “We are concerned about the intended use of the former brewery’s Counting House and the impact the entire development will have on the protected views of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral.”