Owner defends unauthorised café near Cork's Mardyke

Publican Paul Montgomery said the café is being operated, with his backing, by his teenage son and is donating a percentage of sale proceeds to the Irish Guide Dogs

A complaint from a member of the public has been made about a cafe operating from a garage to the rear of a private residence on the Western Road.

A warning letter has been issued to the operators of a small garage café which has popped up on Cork’s Mardyke without planning permission.

Cork City Council confirmed that an enforcement file has been opened, and a warning letter has been issued, on foot of a complaint from a member of the public about the cafe which is operating from a garage to the rear of a private residence on the Western Road, but which opens out onto the Mardyke.