Council dumps Gavin from Sky Garden project

CORK City Council has dispensed with the services of Diarmuid Gavin and is to press ahead with the controversial Sky Garden project with other contractors, the city manager has told councillors.

The move comes less than a week after the celebrity gardener said he was embarrassed to be associated with the €2.3 million venture and described as “grossly irresponsible” plans to spend a further €1.7m revamping the city’s Fitzgerald Park to incorporate his garden.

“I can’t have anything to do with waste of €1.7m,” Mr Gavin said on RTÉ radio. “Morally, I can’t have anything to do with that.”