Council says Cork GAA plans would 'severely limit' ability to deliver public park

Cork City Council makes submission to An Bord Pleanála, claiming car-park plans would have detrimental impacts on the delivery of Marina Park

Proposed works at Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium  in Ballintemple, Cork, would be a traffic hazard, it has been said. File picture: Dan Linehan

A €100m redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh would "endanger public safety by reason of traffic hazard", and "severely limit" Cork City Council's ability to deliver an "iconic" public park, the local authority has argued.

In a submission to An Bord Pleanála, Cork City Council has said the development was refused planning on several grounds, mainly that it would "contravene" the Cork City Development Plan, 2015-21, and the Cork Docklands Area-Based Transport Assessment.