Councillor wants derelict Youghal factory cleaned up

A public representative is calling for urgent action to clean up or demolish a derelict factory set alight for the eighth time in three years.

The factory, formerly Seafield Textile in Youghal’s Upper Strand, had planning permission for a retail development overruled by An Bord Pleanála last June.

Councillor Mary Linehan-Foley told the East Cork Municipal District monthly meeting the plant was now “a serious health and safety risk” after the most recent fire.