Glanmire residents lose planning row with soccer club over new floodlights 

The club had sought permission to extend the operating hours of the floodlights from 9am to 10.30pm seven days a week

An Bord Pleanála said it considered the proposed new floodlights themselves, subject to compliance with a number of planning conditions, would not seriously injure the visual or residential amenities of the area. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Residents of a housing estate on the outskirts of Cork City have lost a planning row with a local soccer club over the proposed erection of floodlights, which they claimed would create additional noise, nuisance and traffic problems.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld the decision of Cork City Council to grant planning permission to Riverstown Football Club to erect six new 15m-high floodlights on their grounds in Glanmire, Co Cork.