Objections block plans to demolish Cork City pub for apartments

Five councillors and several local residents are seeking to overturn planning permission for the new housing scheme on the site of the former Manhattan Bar.

The company had originally sought approval for a four-storey development consisting of 26 apartments on the site of the former Manhattan Bar in Ballyphehane but revised its plans to a three-storey building comprising 24 units after council planners warned the proposed height was excessive. Photo: Dan Linehan

Plans to demolish a former pub in Cork City to make way for 24 new apartments have been put on hold following objections from five elected representatives of Cork City Council as well as local residents.

An appeal has been lodged with An Bord Pleanála against the proposed development of the apartment block on the site of the former Manhattan Bar on Lower Friars Walk in Ballyphehane.