Cork City Council facing €15m legal action over land sale

Cork City Council has been threatened with legal action, exposing it to potential damages of up to €15m, over a second attempt to sell a publicly owned landbank for development.

Councillors have now sought senior counsel advice ahead of a special meeting with the city’s legal advisor next Tuesday to discuss the disposal of the 2.83-acre Deanrock site to a developer for €450,000.

Several councillors made sensational claims last night about the pressure they were put under to vote in a particular way in relation to the disposal and they criticised city management for the way the entire tendering process has been handled.