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Tue 06 Jun 2007Affordable housing plan for Killiney rejected by councilDún Laoghaire/Rathdown county councillors last night overwhelmingly rejected controversial plans for some 98 apartments to be built under the affordable housing scheme in Killiney, south Dublin.Some 17 councillors, drawn from all parties, rejected a report compiled on behalf of county manager Owen Keegan, which recommended that the plans be accepted. There were six abstentions and two votes in support of the report.