Plans for Ringaskiddy student apartments near UCC research centre rejected

The proposal included plans for 24 student houses, comprising 192 study bedrooms and additional communal amenities

Ringaskiddy is home to MaREI, the energy, climate and marine research centre coordinated by UCC. File picture: Denis Minihane

Plans for 24 student apartments in Ringaskiddy, Cork, have been rejected after a referral to An Bord Pleanála.

Cork County Council had initially blocked the development, which had been proposed by PByrne Partnership for a site at Rose Lodge Main Street in Ringaskiddy.