Planners ‘turn corner’ on approval for Cork town
In 2012, Cork County Council plans for a town at Monard, near Blarney were shot down by An Bord Pleanála.
The decision was based primarily on the uncertainty surrounding the building of the Northern Ring Road — connecting the M8 north of Glanmire with the N20 in Blarney — and a junction linking it to Monard, and the low-density housing proposed at the site.
