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The veracity of a report carried last week revealing that the Dun Eala estate is to be taken in charge, was called into question at a meeting of the county council. Photo: 123RF

The veracity of a report carried in The Avondhu last week revealing that the Dun Eala estate in Fermoy is to be taken in charge, was called into question at a meeting of the Fermoy Electoral Area Committee of the county council on Tuesday.

We reported last week that the deadlock between residents of the private estate, the developers and Cork County Council had been broken and that it had been confirmed to us that the estate is to be taken in charge.

At Tuesday's meeting, Cllr Noel McCarthy asked for an up-to-date report on the situation. He was told by senior engineer Brendan O'Gorman that the developer has not, as yet, requested that the estate be taken over. Reports were supplied to members including the outstanding snag list.

Cllr Frank O'Flynn said the news was at odds with our report. In the discussion that followed the impression was given that our report was inaccurate and misleading.

It would have been highly unlikely that the application by the developer to the county council to take the estate in charge would have been completed in a week. It's a detailed application requiring substantial information to be supplied. What was reported in our article last week was that progress had been made to break the impasse and move the taking-in-charge process forward and that it would happen.  Minister Sean Sherlock was quoted as saying that the process had intensified and he was confident that they were in a more positive setting and residents could begin to have more confidence than they had heretofore.

When contacted about the matter on Wednesday of this week, Minister Sherlock stood by his original statement, insisting: "I am confident the process has begun to have the estate taken in charge by Cork County Council."

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