Councillors seek action for neglected Fermoy IDA site

The former Fitzgerald Camp army barracks is a fully-serviced site which has lain empty for 21 years in the north Cork town

The former Fitzgerald Camp army barracks in Fermoy, Co Cork, is in a derelict state after years of neglect. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork County Councillors are calling on Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment Simon Coveney to put pressure on the IDA to utilise a fully-serviced site it owns in north Cork which has been empty for 21 years. 

Councillors representing the Fermoy Municipal District have lost patience with the IDA and are asking Mr Coveney to intervene after a senior official at the State agency didn’t respond to a request to meet them about the site at Dublin Road, Fermoy.