Cork councillor Alan Coleman defends planning vote

A councillor criticised in RTÉ’s Investigations Unit exposé on standards in public office has sought to defend taking part in a planning vote which impacted a site he co-owns.

Independent Cork county councillor and former county mayor, Alan Coleman, also defended his decision not to declare his interest in the site at Garrylucas ahead of a council vote, which he said actually devalued the site.

“There was no advantage coming to me whatsoever in this,” he said.