Push to locate sugar factory on former Army range

County manager Martin Riordan is being urged to put forward a case for a proposed national beet factory to be built on a former Army firing range.

Councillors from the north Cork region voted unanimously to request Mr Riordan to “do everything in his power” to locate any new plant at Kilworth camp.

The Department of Defence-owned land had previously been designated for a new ‘super prison’ — which did not progress.