Board allows off-licence on bookies site despite objections

Approval has been granted for the opening of a new off-licence on the site of a former bookmaker’s shop at Dillons Cross in Cork City, despite objections by local residents.

An Bord Pleánala has upheld the decision of Cork City Council to grant planning permission for the change of use of the vacant bookmaker’s premises at the junction of the Ballyhooly Road and the Old Youghal Road.