City council refuses Sky Garden FOI request

A LOCAL authority has refused to release a raft of documents relating to Diarmuid Gavin’s controversial €2.3 million Sky Garden which was funded by taxpayers.

Fri, 05 Aug, 2011 - 01:00

Eoin English

Cork City Council cited several reasons for its decision to refuse the Freedom of Information (FoI) request from the Irish Examiner.

It quoted various parts of Section 20, 21, and 27 of the FoI legislation, including:

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Courts Place: Sky Garden Place: Cork Place: Páirc Uí Chaoimh Place: Mardyke Place: Fitzgerald’s Park Person: Diarmuid Gavin Person: Gavin Person: Tim Lucey Event: Chelsea Flower Show Organisation: Sky Garden Organisation: Local Authority Organisation: Cork City Council Organisation: Irish Examiner Organisation: Fáilte Ireland Organisation: FOI

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