Councillors clear way to build 30 new homes

Cork’s city councillors have cleared the way for the construction of up to 30 homes on a former car showroom site in Cork’s western suburbs.

They voted unanimously in favour of a material contravention last night to allow the residential development on a site zoned for business and technology uses.

The 0.23-hectare site, at Westside on the Model Farm Rd, is a car sales showroom and yard, located between a filling station and the Model Business Park and bounded on the south by student accommodation.