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good to see it get planning, but think I would prefer to see a cluster of highrises in the docklands rather than a standalone one that far out from the core city centre. Looks very like the 17 storey Eglington St development in Cork! Hopefully that one will get the go ahead as well.
@lexington wrote:
No mickeydocs , had the post up last night but I’ll have it up again by mid-day fingers crossed!
Patrick’s Quay has got planning??
@Radioactiveman wrote:
This morning’s examiner brings up an interesting question. How will the latest announcment by CIE effect the debate on locating a major Conference/Concert venue at the Horgan’s Quay site?
Will Manor Park Homes be interested in locating such a building there? Or will they do a deal with another developer for the venue?Cheers for the info Lexington and with regard to the above wasn’t one of the plans for an event centre for the MSA?? Seems like the next best option if it’s not to go ahead on the Horgan’s Quay site.
Just wondering about a few proposed developments I haven’t heard much about recently.
First one up is The Showgrounds, has there been any movement on who is eventually going to acquire this and when? I presume the GAA are the frontrunners here, something badly needs to be done with Pairc Ui Chaoimh, it is looking very rundown!
Next up, is the private hospital going ahead on the Bandon Rd, heard reports a while back it was going in for planning but nothing since, any info??
Water St., what is the current situation?? Has an appeal been put in to reinstate the original tower element??
That’s it for now! 😉
If anyone has any info please throw up a post……….Lex you are always a good man for this type of info, any news??
watergrasshill and carrigtwohill in cork are 2 prime examples of motorway standard roads assigned dual carriageway status!
d_d_dallas wrote:…A ‘favourite’ is due to be chosen ‘before the end of the summer’ apparently.Which summer?
]it looks like we aren’t going to get one this year, so god only knows!! 😉
@Radioactiveman wrote:
Here’s a craaaazzzzy idea. How about we dispense with the Office tower at the end of CHQ, keep any plans to convert the old Warehousing, knock the shabby Bonded warehouses and place a landmark piece sculpture (a spire, but not a spire) at the point of the island and boardwalk the surrounding quays.
Just an idea, since i doubt whether a tower development at this location would ever get a go ahead.With highrises on the quays south and north of this site a landmark piece sculpture might add a certain symmetry to the whole docklands area and as a welcoming focal point to Cork from the east! The picture is in my head……… 😉
I have just been reading the Dublin street lighting thread and Washington St. popped into my head. This area has potential as a kind of Temple Bar area (Washinton Village), but does anyone think the area needs a makeover as regards street lighting (and possibly a few other things) and are there any plans?
Recently I was walking from McCurtain St to Washington St via Patrick St on a Sat night, the atmosphere seemed to get alot more menacing when you reached Washington St, the street seems very drab and dark………maybe that’s just all the muckers outside Reardans!! 😀
nearly in the same position myself, including college I have been in IT for 8 years and enough is enough!! Going to do the auctioneering course next September, start off in residential and then try and break my way into the commercial property game! I know auctioneers mightn’t be everybody’s favourite people in here but for me it’s a means to an end and allows me to get involved in something I am actually interested in.
Best of luck to you amstein…….I think we both need it!! 😉
looks very well and a lot more daring than anything I have seen for Cork in a long time. Should help to rejuvenate that area no end. Here’s hoping it get’s over planning hurdles quickly and isn’t watered down. Don’t see how it could though with no problem with residents in that area and height wouldn’t be a problem either!
Cheers for the image Lexington……waited all night for that! 😉
@Pug wrote:
the fact that you STILL cant get public transport after 11.15 at night is hilarious.
cher we use outdoor tables and chairs as weapons…….just imagine what we’d do to buses!! :rolleyes:
What annoys me about the Water St. development’s refusal is that only a matter of weeks ago Joe Gavin was complaining about the lack of foresight being shown by CIE with Horgan’s Quay, maybe he should start looking a bit closer to home first!! 😡
on a development related subject, I see Shannon is getting the first data centre outside of Dublin. Does anyone know if there are any plans to set one up in Cork or the general area?
I was also wondering has there been any move on what is to happen with the showgrounds?
@mickeydocs wrote:
So we can see where that clown cullen will be finding the 6 billion he is proposing to spend on that world city (LOL) Dublin.
Time to tell the government where to go with itself. When is the bi-election to replace Coveney going to happen???
🙁 Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) have applies to Cork County Council for further reductions and alterations to the Cork Airport new Terminal development (SIGH!) – first airbridges, now this.
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ah come now……wasn’t it our esteemed Taoiseach who said just last week that he can’t help it if most people want to live in the greater dublin area! it has to be true if it came from Bertie!
that Bus Eireann ad in the examiner yesterday was also fairly pathetic!!
was just wondering about the Kino, has that actually received that many objections?? Personally I thought it would clean up that area alot!
@StephenC wrote:
If the NSS is to mean anything Dick Roche will have to set this truly awful decision aside.
I think we really saw what the government thinks of the NSS when they announced their decentralisation plans!!
@mickeydocs wrote:
I’ll second that… cpo the government full stop
can they do something under the derelict sites act or whatever it is called??
As for the air bridges!!!!! 😡
no wonder Cork people have a “supposed” chip on their shoulders, if you ask me it is a well entitled side effect of our beloved centralised Ireland!
city hall are trying to exert a bit of pressure to get the thing off the ground, supposedly they have been in contact with the minister for transport to get CIE to get the thumb out! It’s a shame they are draggin their heels so much on this project.
Lexington, I was wondering would you be able to help me with a little bit of career advice?? I know you don’t normally allow people to contact you directly so I was wondering could you send me a pm and then I could ask you a question or 2!! I know this is a bit unorthodox, but you appear to be a man in the know and as I am abroad at the moment I don’t have many contacts at home. If you can provide any help it would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
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