Cork’s Docklands ‘can become world-class shipping centre’

Cork’s Docklands can become a “world-class” international shipping cluster with thousands of new jobs if ambitious plans to bring the proposed International Shipping Services Centre (ISSC) to Leeside are realised.

Cork’s Docklands ‘can become world-class shipping centre’
Sat, 08 Jul, 2017 - 01:00
Pádraig Hoare

The brainchild of Cormac Megannety, a consultant at the Irish arm of Fortune 500 real estate firm CBRE, the ISSC had been mooted for Dublin in the past five years.

Mr Megannety’s vision for Dublin suggested a shipping-related business in a cluster of integrated office buildings in Dublin city centre and Docklands area, with the potential for 3,500 jobs and millions in foreign direct investment.

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