'Feelings running high' among locals on route of proposed Cork-Kinsale greenway

Councillors and council staff had received verbal abuse from people opposed to the plan, council told

Fianna Fáil councillor Gillian Coughlan said she could understand the anger being expressed by property owners on the proposed route, as there seemed to have been a lack of proper public consultation. File picture

Councillors and council staff have been on the receiving end of considerable abuse from people opposed to a proposed greenway in Co Cork, according to a former mayor of the county.

Fianna Fáil councillor Gillian Coughlan said the current plan “has no chance of getting over the line now".