Residents' black card for Douglas GAA club's new access road plan

An artist's impression of the development at Douglas GAA Club, including a floodlit pitch, astro pitch, new clubhouse and carpark.

Over 40 submissions have been made against a Cork City GAA club’s planning application for a new pitch and an access road which has been described as a Trojan horse designed to open up adjoining private land for development.

Green Party councillor Dan Boyle, described the planning application from Douglas Hurling and Football Club as “the most cynical use of the planning system in Cork since the demolition of The Sextant bar”.