Cork’s Docklands a ‘huge’ resource

Cork badly needs office space and housing fast-tracked if it is to compete for the next wave of foreign direct investment, the IDA has warned.

IDA regional manager for the south-west, Ray O’Connor, told attendees at the Sales Institute’s business breakfast in Cork College of Commerce that there was not enough residential or commercial office space available for Cork if it was to utilise opportunities from foreign investment.

He pinpointed Cork’s Docklands as the next great area of investment and opportunity in the city.