Inquiry urged over plans

A Kerry businessman involved in a planning dispute has said he intends to pursue “to the bitter end” his campaign for an inquiry into the manner in which the ombudsman’s office had handled his complaint against Limerick County Council.

Sean O’Mahony, of Faha, Killarney, Co Kerry, had been refused planning permission in 2009 by the then county council for 10 houses and a temporary sewage treatment plant on a 55-acre farm he had purchased at Ardagh, Newcastlewest.

Mr O’Mahony claimed he would not have gone to the expense of lodging a planning application if he had been given correct information at pre-planning meetings with council officials.