Locals object to Cork GAA's €75m housing scheme

The scheme is made up of 85 semi-detached homes; 118 terraced units; 53 duplex units; and 63 apartments.

The profits earned by the county board from the €75m scheme are to pay down the Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium debt. Picture: Larry Cummins

Plans by the Cork County GAA Board for a €75m 319-unit housing scheme for Cork City are facing local opposition.

Earlier this year, the GAA county board lodged fast track plans with An Bord Pleanála for the strategic housing development (SHD) scheme on a Cork GAA-owned site at Old Whitechurch Rd, Kilbarry on the northern fringes of Cork City.