Action taken over cut-price car park near airport

Enforcement proceedings are under way against a cut-price long-term car park set up without planning permission in the danger zone adjacent to Cork Airport.

The former car rental facility at Farmers Cross was expanded in the last year despite its owners being refused planning permission to retain a smaller lot seven years ago.

When planning was considered in 2005, Dublin Airport Authority’s general manager for safety and aviation standards, Alan Levey, said the car park was inside the safety zone for Cork’s second runway.