Developers to pay Cork City €250k for 'worthless land' to facilitate Railway Gardens plan

Decision follows heated debate in the wake of the recent Sextant site controversy 

Cork City Council has agreed to sell a strip of land to the developers of the proposed Railway Gardens 17-storey apartment block. Picture: Meitheal Architects

Developers with planning for a 17-storey apartment project in Cork City are set to pay €250,000 for a strip of “worthless land” following a decision by the city's councillors last night.

They voted 24-6 in favour of disposing to Seamus Scally and Evelyn Scally the 256.5 sq m strip of land on the South Link Rd, which runs parallel to a site where the pair secured planning from An Bord Pleanála in late 2019 for the 17-storey 111-unit Railway Gardens strategic housing development (SHD) scheme.