Boost for Cork as €50m Albert Quay development gets go-ahead

Planners have given the green light for a €50m, nine-storey office block which could deliver up to 2,000 jobs for Cork city.

It is hoped that construction work on the 200,000 sq ft, hi-tech, riverside building on Albert Quay will begin within a month, creating up to 300 construction jobs.

Once complete in late 2015, Number 1 Albert Quay will have the capacity for 2,000 workers, with talks already under way with potential occupiers.