Saoirse Ronan's bid to knock and build new West Cork home rejected by council planners

The leading actor’s plans to replace a €650,000 dormer holiday home near Ballydehob with a single-storey one almost three times larger have been turned down

Senior planners have given the thumbs down to the leading actor’s plans to demolish a dormer holiday home in West Cork.

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