Call to abandon shopping centre hearing in Cork rejected

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An inspector from An Bord Pleanála yesterday refused an application from a senior counsel representing Dunnes Stores to abandon an oral hearing into a major retail development, proposed for the north-east side of Cork City.

Eamon Galligan SC claimed the planning appeals board did not have the jurisdiction to conduct the hearing into plans for a mixed retail unit adjacent to the landmark Fox and Hounds pub in Ballyvolane.