Property
Planning Application A ‘Dunne’ Deal?
By Christy Parker | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Proposed location for Dunnes Stores at Indian Point, Youghal
Nobody is mentioning the ‘D’ word but a Planning Application by Galvin Developments, Killarney has most people assuming that retail giants Dunnes Stores are intended as tenants should the Application be granted.
The Application pertains to 9,300 sq metre site at [...]
Residents Appeal Supermac’s Trading Extension
By Christy Parker | Photo: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Residents in South Main Street Youghal are appealing to an Bord Pleanala against the Town Council’s decision to permit extending opening hours to the Supermac restaurant and fast food outlet. The decision to contest the decision was taken following a meeting last Monday night.
On March 18th, the Town [...]
Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Duke offers peace talks to Youghal Town Council over rights to Blackwater fishing
Photo Exclusive: Michael Hussey (www.YoughalOnline.com)
The Duke of Devonshire, Peregrine Andrew Mornington Cavendish with Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles leaving Lismore Castle taken back in March 2004
Photo Michael Hussey (www.YoughalOnline.com)
A CENTURIES-OLD battle over the River Blackwater could be settled after an offer of [...]
Youghal Benefits As Gormley Throws A Further €2 Million At Walled Towns Initiative
Photos By: Michael Hussey (YoughalOnline.com)
Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government, announced a funding package amounting to almost €25 Million to support built heritage projects in 2008. The provision represents a record increase of 42% on the amount spent in 2007.
The Walled Towns Initiative was launched last year and administered [...]
Massive Whitebarn Development About To Roll
By Christy Parker
Bord Pleanala has granted planning permission for the first phase of a building project that will see over almost properties being built on 69 acres at Whitebarn. The initial phase will see 298 houses constructed on approximately 36 acres at Upper Cork Hill/Sweetfield. It comprises three detached, 122 semi-detached, 101 terraced and 34 [...]
Decentralisation Land Sale Agreed
By Christy Parker
Town Councillor, Mary Linehan Foley
Transfer terms for land at North Abbey Mudlands on which permanent decentralisation offices are to be constructed, have been signed by landowners Cork County Council and the Office of Public Works. Though the site (approximate to Tesco’s) has long been earmarked, sale terms satisfactory to both parties have [...]
Youghal Council Accepts ‘Floating Pontoon’ Feasibility Proposal
By Christy Parker
Youghal Town Council has agreed to conduct a feasibility study with regard to constructing a floating pontoon development at the Nealon’s Quay jetty. The initiative formed a motion by FG Barbara Murray and seconded by FF Cllr Mary Linehan Foley at February’s council meeting.
Cllr Murray envisages a “floating breakwater made of concrete, with [...]
