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It’s not bad. Has mostly Irish articles and some UK stuff in it. website is: http://www.planmagazine.ie telephone is 01-2833233. They’re based in Blackrock Co.Dublin. They have differrent features every month, such as: Insulation etc…. I’m marketing for an Insulation Company in Dublin so I have just been looking into the magazine from a marketing perspective! Hope that’s of some use to you!

Great Idea of having high rise at the gate ways to the city.I’m all about the impact and having high rise in Blackpool would be fantastic, especially at night coming down the Mallow Road. Likewise with the Coca-cola site. But at the same time, careful planning and thought out design has to be adhered to. No more Ballymun’s. These new highrise should stand the test of time.

I was looking for a website to see the cresent shopping centre in Limerick, but was unable to find one. The likes of zara, virgin, h&m have set up there, which is a positive sign of the times. I also came across a site http://www.coonaghcross.com which is poised to be the biggest shopping centre in munster I think. Wonder how opc feel about this one! is Limerick set to take over Cork as a major shopping hub!?

Speaking of empty units. Mahon Point still has a number of empty units, which have been empty since its opening! Anybody have any idea whats happening there? Any news of the retailers interested in setting up on Academy Streey?

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Is Academy street going to be lodged soon? it was meant to be late summer, then november and now??? I think it was mentioned here before but cant find it.
40 large fashion units isnt it? I assume the like of Zara, Massimo Dutti, Bershka, The Jean scene, Pepe jeans, Esprit, H&m will all be lining up for a city centre presence? Think it was said here before Abercromby and fitch had set up a european company…could Academy street play a blinder and get one of its first European stores??? That would be severly cool. What about Banana republic?

RE:Abercrombie&Fitch setting up shop in Ireland. I worked in one of their stores in the states for a summer 2 yrs ago when I was on a J1 visa, and their strategy is focused soley on the USA. They don’t even have stores in Canada, which I would presume is a similiar market. My manage at the time told me that they focus on the States because that’s the market they know best. It’s clear to anyone who know’s the store and its clothes that it would do well here. But chances of them setting up their first European store in Cork are slim so say the least! There was rumours of them setting up in the Dundrum town centre, but it was false.

No doubt the airport will open and there will be talks of expanding it to cater for more passengers. I’m happy to see an airbridge in one of the photos. I thought for a while that the bridges were taken out of the plan. When completed the airport will be a really good 1st impression for tourists coming to Cork and Ireland for the 1st time. I hear Subway and Lennox’s chipper will be taking up redency in the food hall. I laughed when Ist heard Lennox’s were going in there. But it’s a great idea, not only is it different to both Dublin and Shannon airports, it’s a bit of Cork city culture and life in the airport. It will do great business, all the Corkonians having their last bit of decent Cork grub before leaving for lands out foreign!

I read on the Echo months ago that it was going to be removed but still sign of it moving. We could tell the tourists that it’s an antique! Just wondering with all the plans for the docklands, is the train station still going to be incorporated into the grand plan? I heard that the station was going to be switched around, meaning that the entrance would be south facing, opposite to now.

I totally agree. I’m living in Dublin at the moment, and traffic is pretty chaotic at the best of times. There should be more for Cork. All I heard was that they will be reopening the Cork – Midleton line. But we’re heard that enough times already. On the news it said that there are plans for an underground metro in Dublin. It would be really cool to have one, but can you just imagine the planning, delays, under estimated budgets etc. Look at the port tunnel, it can’t even take super trucks! Even small things for Cork like a better bus service, or even a Nitelink service at the weekends like in Dublin would be fantastic. But we’ll have to wait and see if this new plan is election speak or real promises!

I heard that the silo/grain storage buliding on the quays is to become apartments, is this true? It has huge potential and would give a good impression to anyone travelling down from Dublin or from Waterford and entering the city.

Hey everyone,

I stumbled across this site a few weeks ago, and I’ve spent hours reading the last hmmm…32 pages of msgs! I’m living in Dublin at the moment, and travel back to Cork every 6 – 8 weeks or so, and each time I am impressed with the extra bit of development that’s going on. The Kinsale flyover has started and I think that for anybody visiting Cork for the 1st time and coming from the airport it will look impressive and modern. Dundrum here in Dublin seems to be doing very well, and a contact I have working in one of the Spanish retailers there said it’s doing very well. I heard somewhere that MahonPoint wasn’t doing as well as expected, but more recently I have heard that it’s doing well. I really hope that Debehams is there to stay, as their departure would look bad for other retailers thinking of setting up in the Cork market. I was in Galway a few weeks ago and was surprised to see that Habitat was there, actually it was more jealousy! Jealousy that a city the size of Galway has a shop that we don’t have in Cork! Also someone said that H & M is opening in Limerick, again why Limerick before Cork! The msg about Limerick getting an 8000 seater venue is disturbing as it would take the focus off Cork! I mean, great for Limerick, but Cork is the 2nd biggest city and I want to remain that way, and catch up with Dublin as much as possible! Looking forward to having a snoop around Ballincollig Town Centre when I’m down for the Jazz weekend, and cannot wait for both Academy St. and Cornmarket Street to take off! Speaking of taking off, cannot wait for the airport either, fingers crossed trans-atlantic flights begin soon!