Sky Garden saga takes yet another twist

CELEBRITY gardener Diarmuid Gavin has claimed that Cork City Council asked his firm to withhold documents after a Freedom of Information (FOI) request about his €2.3 million taxpayer-funded Irish Sky Garden.

He also said that he and his design team want to address the city’s 31 councillors in public to present their side of the story about the project.

It is the latest twist in the long-running saga over the Avatar-inspired garden, which has been mired in controversy since it won gold at the Chelsea Flower Show last May. It is now in storage in Cork city.