6 December 2023 By David Lynch david@TheCork.ie Hibernia Star & McCarthy Developments Awarded Planning For Major Development for Cork at Jacobs Island, Cork An Bord Pleanála has granted full planning permission to Hibernia Star for a new 165-bedroom hotel, and more than 10,600m2 office buildings overlooking Cork harbour on the Douglas Estuary at Jacob’s Island,... Read More
17 November 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie Cork’s newest pedestrian and cycle path and bridge was opened today by the Minister for Transport, Eamon Ryan T.D. and the Lord Mayor of Cork Cllr. Kieran McCarthy. Funded by the National Transport Authority, the four-metre wide, 63-metre-long Vernon Mount Bridge and one-kilometre long pathway provides safe and... Read More
13 November 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Market rents in Munster rose 13% year-on-year, reflecting very low availability – just over 200 homes were available to rent on November 1, largely unchanged on a year ago and only one quarter the level of availability seen during the late 2010s. In Cork City, rents have risen... Read More
7 October 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie The Charity ‘Enable Ireland’ is giving you a chance to win a house in the Janeville Estate, Carrigaline, Co Cork, valued at €350,000 Enable Ireland is running an exciting fundraiser which the charity hopes will raise much-needed funds for their disability services. The charity, which provides services to... Read More
22 September 2023 By Roger Kennedy roger@TheCork.ie Property Businesses looking for commercial real estate space in Cork should be able to find it easily. With post-pandemic remote work increasing and layoffs in the technology job sector, many businesses now find themselves with considerable ‘grey space’ or unused office space, and some companies that currently have... Read More
23 July 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie 27 Lower Midleton Street, Cobh, Co. Cork 2 Bed – 1 Bath – 68 m² – Terrace – Could be starter home or investment opportunity with potential annual rental income of €14,400 G.F.C.H. DNG are handling the sale of 27 Lower Midleton Street Cobh Co Cork. The property... Read More
23 July 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie 2 Castán Dóire, Halfway, Ballinhassig, Co. Cork It’s a Terrace House with two bedrooms and two bathrooms and a floor area of 100 sq.m. “Prime Investment Opportunity – Avail of Vacant and derelict property grant” is the Estate Agents heading. Number 2 is described as a in need... Read More
8 July 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie New Report highlights that 1,974 homes in Cork City and County prevented from bulk sale in last two years The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has published a progress update on the planning measures he introduced two years ago to increase home ownership and... Read More
18 June 2023 By Elaine Murphy elaine@TheCork.ie A large five-bedroom fixer-upper in an idyllic West Cork location is going under the hammer in an online auction organised by youbid.ie. Located in the townland of Caheragh, the detached property is a former shop connected to a four-bedroom home via an internal door. Bidding begins at €110,000. Two... Read More
21 April 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie Two residential properties in Co Cork are going under the hammer in an online auction hosted by property portal, youbid.ie. The first lot – Number 6 Oakdene, Skehard Road, Cork city – is a three-bedroom bungalow, overlooking a green in a small cul de sac. Bidding begins at €200,000.... Read More
30 March 2023 By Tom Collins tom@TheCork.ie At 170 years it’s one of Ireland’s oldest Hotels and one of Cork’s longest established businesses – it’s so old that Irish Freedom Fighter Michael Collins gave speeches from its first floor meeting room and outside its front door – but O’Donovan’s Hotel faces a problem – AIB... Read More