Ministers intervened to break funding deadlock

AT LEAST two Government ministers intervened on Diarmuid Gavin’s behalf in a bid to break the deadlock over releasing public money for his controversial Irish Sky Garden project.

Their intervention came just days before the garden was unveiled at the Chelsea Flower Show.

The move forced Cork’s city manager Tim Lucey to explain the council’s position to Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney, and Environment Minister Phil Hogan.