Nuns ordered to leave unauthorised compound by Cork County Council

A nun who only speaks for an hour a day due to a vow of silence has until December to find a new home after being brought to court by Cork County Council over an alleged breach of planning laws.

The local authority claimed that Sr Irene Gibson had constructed a two-storey cladded building near Leap in West Cork, incorporating a wooden chapel, as well as a wooden shed and timber fence and unauthorised access to the road.