A property vehicle for the Comer Brothers has failed in a bid to overturn a decision from Galway City Council to include its prime redevelopment site on the old Dublin road in the city’s residential-zoned land tax net. The 2.66-hectare site, which formerly housed the now demolished Corrib Great Southern Hotel, is co-owned by Trigo Property Company Ltd, part of the Comer Property Group, and the McHale Group’s Welcorrib Ltd. They bought the site in 2013 for a total acquisition cost of €3.8 million, as part of local brothers Luke and Brian Comer return to Ireland from Europe as major…

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