Over 270 apartments planned for former Cork convent site despite concern from locals

Plans for more than 270 apartments on the site of the former Ursuline Convent in Blackrock on the southside of Cork city have been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The proposals had been criticised by locals who raised concerns about the volume of traffic that could be created by the construction of the apartment blocks in an area that already has a large number of homes and a school.