Carrigaline district seeks control over Haulbowline  People's Park

Control of the island by the Cobh municipal district and its predecessors dates back to British times
Carrigaline district seeks control over Haulbowline  People's Park

Councillors representing Carrigaline are seeking to have the recently-opened so-called 'People's Park' on Haulbowline Island ceded to their control, rather than have it in the hands of Cobh. Picture: David Jones Naval Service Photographer

It's been described as “nonsensical” that a municipal district council, which controls access to what is likely to become the most popular park in Co Cork, is not the one actually in charge of it.

Instead, its charge is in the hands of another district council on the other side of the harbour.

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