Anger as school refused planning

ANGRY county councillors are seeking a meeting with the new chairman of An Bord Pleanála after the planning appeals board refused an application for a much-needed primary school in Co Cork.

The issue was raised at a Cork County Council meeting yesterday by the leader of the Fine Gael party on the local authority, Cllr Michael Hegarty.

He said that for many years the people of Ballinacurra, near Midleton, had campaigned for their own primary school and just as they thought they were about to get it, their hopes had been dashed.