Residents hit out at go-ahead for housing at Magdalene Laundries site

A legal challenge is among the options being considered by residents in the wake of a Bord Pleanála decision to grant planning for apartments on the site of a former Magdalene laundry in Cork city.

An action group in the Sunday’s Well area leading opposition to the housing plan at the former Good Shepherd Convent plans to meet with local elected public representatives this week to discuss concerns about the planning appeals board’s decision to sanction the controversial housing plan.