Midleton Town Council approves €2m footpath project contested by traders

Midleton Town Council has voted to proceed with a €2m footpath regeneration programme, despite claims by traders that lost parking spaces will cost businesses €1.5m a year.

A special meeting of the council agreed the plan with a 6-3 majority but with amendments reducing the number of lost car spaces from 16 to 13.

Eight further spaces have been lost in phase one of the project, already implemented on a quarter of the street.