Locals to appeal granting of planning permission for East Cork piggery

More than 3,350 people signed an online petition against the development and there were 222 submissions objecting to the planning application. Picture: Daragh Mac Sweeney/Provision

A local action group has said it will appeal Cork County Council's granting of planning permission for a 4,300-animal industrial piggery in Ballymacoda, East Cork.

Derra Farms Ltd has been granted permission to demolish an existing piggery and increase the same site from its current 1,000 “finisher” pigs to 4,224-4,500 finishers, which will double the output of pig slurry to 7m litres a year.