Plans for exhibition centre on outskirts of Cork are shot down

Plans for a near €40m RDS-style exhibition centre on the outskirts of Cork city have been shot down to protect the 'greenbelt' and to protect any attempts to deliver similar facilities in the city.

The details are contained in a ruling from An Bórd Pleanála on the appeals against the grant of planning by Cork County Council earlier this year for the Munster Agricultural Society's (MAS) proposed venue on its 48-acre site in Curraheen.