English Market ‘fire hazard’

Cork City Council claimed yesterday that a trader at the English Market was causing a fire and safety hazard by storing a huge number of boxes and crates in the loft space over his grocery unit.

The council brought an injunction application through barrister Meg Burke to Cork Circuit Court yesterday against Michael Corrigan, trading as Superfruit at the English Market in Cork.

Ms Burke said that the council required all traders to clear out anything they may have stored in the loft space over their premises so that the roof on the English Market can be replaced.