Cork City Council gives green light to 135-unit housing scheme

Plans for 135 housing units in one of Cork’s fastest-growing suburbs were sanctioned last night after councillors voted to allow the project go ahead on land zoned for business and technology use.

Councillors voted 24-4 in favour of the material contravention to the city development plan, granting planning for the housing scheme on a site on the Bessboro Rd in Mahon, following assurances that the site has no connection whatsoever to the former Bessborough mother and baby home nearby.