Plan to build more than 70 homes on GAA land in Cork approved

The entire site is some 2.47ha and includes a GAA pitch, goals, fencing and dugouts, as well as a dressing room building

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead for 71 houses on Kinsale GAA grounds on Bandon Road in Cork. File picture 

A plan to build more than 70 homes on GAA land in Kinsale has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

The proposal by Park Developments (Dublin) Ltd had been greenlit by Cork County Council but was referred to the board after an appeal.