Blarney Woollen Mills owner appeals rejection of major development

The plans provide for a new 80-bed hotel, a Lidl supermarket with an off-licence and café as well as a commercial building containing a restaurant/delicatessen, shop and hair/beauty salon, together with offices and 70 apartments. Picture: Denis Minihane.

The owner of Blarney Woollen Mills is seeking to overturn a recent decision to block its plans for a major regeneration of a large site within a short distance of Blarney Castle in Cork.

Irish Conference and Leisure Holdings (ICLH), which is part of the Blarney Group headed by businesswoman Freda Hayes, is appealing the recent decision by Cork City Council to refuse planning permission for a large mixed-use development on the site of the former Blarney Park Hotel in the village.