Council pursues marina over payment failure

The promoters of a marina officially opened by Marine Minister Simon Coveney are being pursued by a local authority for failure to pay planning contributions.

Cork Harbour’s new 82-berth marina has been up and running for almost a year. Mr Coveney officially opened it this month.

However, Cork County Council spokesman confirmed its planning enforcement section had been pursuing the developer of the Monkstown Bay Marina Company for several months as payment of the contributions was a condition of planning permission.