Enclosed order of nuns in Cork lose appeal against lands being subject to new property tax

The Poor Clare Colettine Order maintained that the buildings and associated lands are all used by the nuns as ancillary to their monastery

The Poor Clare Convent in College Rd. Cork. The order, which has been based in the monastery on College Road since 1914, maintained that the buildings and associated lands are all used by the nuns as ancillary to their monastery. Picture: Des Barry

An enclosed order of nuns based in Cork city have lost their appeal against lands attached to their monastery being subject to a new property tax.

An Bord Pleanála has ruled that a site owned by the Poor Clare Colettine Order at College Road in Cork is not exempt from the residential zoned land tax (RZLT).