Cork GAA land to be sold for housing to help reduce €30m debt

The Cork GAA HQ in Páirc Uí Chaoimh. File picture Dan Linehan

An Bord Pleanala has approved a Cork GAA County Board plan for more than 300 homes on the city’s northside as part of a strategic project designed to help reduce its near €30m debt.

The landbank in Kilbarry, which was bought by the county board in the 1960s to develop playing fields, is now expected to be sold with planning in place for 319 homes, a créche and a riverside park.