Council warns it may sue estate developer over faulty water supply

Cork County Council has warned it will take legal action against a developer who has allegedly left a 600-house estate in North Cork with a substandard water supply where major leaks are commonplace.

The council’s head planner, Andrew Hind, said yesterday he was “most sympathetic to the concerns of residents affected by these issues” and promised if a solution was not reached shortly, he “will ask the county solicitor to vigorously pursue a claim on the security bond that the council holds” on the development.

The council has, to date, tried unsuccessfully to get the developer and his financial backers to resolve the issue at Castle Park, Mallow. The situation is further complicated by the creation of Irish Water.