Council paid €1.5m for rail underpass now filled with earth

Cork County Council has refused to reveal what went wrong when it paid €1.5m to build a vehicle underpass below a railway line that is now filled in with earth between two fallow fields.

Thu, 22 May, 2014 - 01:00

Conor Ryan

The project was undertaken without proper procurement. No vote was put to councillors.

The council has refused requests to release relevant documents under the Freedom of Information Act.

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