Critics want €9m Clonakilty ‘environmental eyesore’ site taken over

Local authorities are seeking to take control of a former GAA grounds that sold for €9m eight years ago but is now partly an “environmental eyesore” in a West Cork town centre.

Critics want €9m Clonakilty ‘environmental eyesore’ site taken over

The planned development of the eight-acre shoreline site had, at one stage, envisaged a major expansion of retail and office space accommodation in Clonakilty.

However, the partly-developed site is now in receivership and at risk of losing its monetary value as the OPW progresses a new sea defence project for the town, which is vulnerable to floods.

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