‘Waste of money’ land deal to proceed in Co. Cork

Cork County Council is to proceed with a land sale despite criticism from some councillors the deal is a waste of taxpayers’ money.

In 1982, the local authority purchased land near Doneraile in north Cork which it initially earmarked for a refuse landfill and a Traveller halting site.

The halting site was built on a very small portion of the land, but the landfill never materialised.