Teacher promises to level property 'uncomfortably close' to neighbour's home in Cork

Fiona McCarthy had turned an old derelict chalet into a property she hoped to lease out to holidaymakers

Ms McCarthy had pleaded guilty at a recent court sitting to failing to comply with an enforcement notice issued by Cork County Council with regard to the property. File picture: iStock

A woman convicted of failing to comply with an enforcement order from a county council over an unauthorised development has said she will knock it down.

Fiona McCarthy of Bawnlahan, Tragumna in Co. Cork had turned an old derelict chalet into a property she hoped to lease out to holidaymakers, in what a judge said was "a significant breach of the planning laws".