Bad news for some of the residents of Breffni Terrace in Sandycove, who have just been refused outline planning permission to build mews houses in their back gardens. There has been a spate of applications from groups of residents of terraces for mews houses in recent months. Some weeks ago, five residents of Morehampton Road got their planning permission for mews houses, as did a group of homeowners on Pearse Square in Dublin 2. The decision to refuse permission to the rear of Breffni Terrace is all the more surprising, given that Sorohans recently got permission to build 37 mews style houses on a two-acre site behind the terrace.