Stained glass windows stymie Comers’ apartment plans

Brian and Luke Comer have been refused permission to build their proposed Lyreen View apartment complex in Maynooth in Kildare

Brian and Luke Comer have been refused permission to build their proposed Lyreen View apartment complex in Maynooth in Kildare because it would block out the light shining through the stained glass windows in St Mary’s church next door.

The plan, which involved 135 apartments in a number of three-storey blocks, was turned down by Kildare County Council but the Comers – through their Ladas Property Company – appealed the decision to An ...