Cork County Council to buy Mallow park for €1m

Cork County Council has signed off on a €1.025m deal to buy Mallow town park from two aristocratic brothers, one of whom was once private secretary to Britain’s Princess Diana.

The sale has come as a major relief to councillors who, as far back as 2006, thought they had no chance of acquiring the 34-acre park which is home to a number of local sports clubs.

Nine years ago, Patrick Jephson, who wrote a controversial book about the princess, and his brother, Michael, told the then Mallow Town Council to hand back their property.