Reader's Blog: Community ignored in planning row
Cork City communities are being overrun with inappropriate housing development. Well researched and detailed objections to development are largely disregarded and summarily dismissed. Local democracy is at an all-time low.
The strong and in-depth objections — based on factual evidence — of the local community to the proposed development of the historical Good Shepherd Magdalen Laundry site in the Sunday’s Well/Blarney St area is a prime example. The authorities have effectively torn up the existing Cork City Development Plan relating to Sunday’s Well.
