17-storey apartment complex in Cork City fast tracked by ABP despite local planners concerns

A 17-storey apartment complex in Cork city has been approved by An Bord Pleanála despite recommendations from planners at Cork City Council that it be refused, it has emerged.

The Railway Gardens development on the city's South Link was approved under the fast tracked Strategic Housing Development scheme earlier this week despite local planners concerns about parking, height and place-making.