Developer is denied right of way access to building site

Cork’s city councillors voted last night against giving a developer the right of way over a public green to facilitate access to a site for a housing development.

City manager Tim Lucey has now been asked to facilitate a meeting between residents of Knockrea Lawn in Ballinlough, the developer John Cooney of JFC Development Ltd, and council road engineers to hammer out a compromise on the access issue, which has dragged on for over a decade.

A large delegation of residents from Knockrea Lawn was in City Hall last night to watch the debate.