€30m for Páirc Uí Chaoimh branded ’political sharp practice’

The Government was yesterday accused of "political sharp practice" for sanctioning, a week before the local elections, a €30m grant of taxpayers’ money to help fund the €70m regeneration of Pairc Uí Chaoimh in Cork.

Dan Boyle, the former Green Party senator who is running for election in Cork’s South East, criticised the timing, particularly while the proposal remains in the planning process and as a number of contentious elements remain outstanding.

He branded it the kind of political sharp practice that was “thought to be long left behind”.