Planners in row over Cork city Islamic centre

Planners have issued a warning letter to the owner and developer of a Muslim information centre at the centre of a planning row in the historic core of Cork City.

A spokesman for Cork City Council’s planning department confirmed last night that senior planning officers have conducted site visits to the Cork Dawah Centre at 72-73 Shandon St on foot of several complaints from local residents and local public representatives about how it is being run.

The spokesman said planners have opened an enforcement file and formed the opinion that the centre is operating in breach of two key conditions attached to the granting of planning permission for the centre in July.