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South Dublin residents’ fury after neighbours got €3.2m in secret deal with developer but they got nothing

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South Dublin residents’ fury after  neighbours got €3.2m in secret deal with developer but they got nothing

Developer paid 40 householders €75k each to drop planning objections to 482-home development

Judicial review was taken by Knockcree and Blackberry Hill residents. Stock image

Residents of a South Dublin housing estate who contributed to a GoFundMe page to pay for legal moves against the building of 482 homes in their area have reacted angrily to a big cash payment received by their neighbours in two adjacent estates.

People who live in Carrickmines Green said they were unaware that 40 of their neighbours in nearby Blackberry Hill and Knockcree had shared in the secret €3.24m “go-away” money payout detailed in last week’s Sunday Independent.

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