The Port of Cork recorded a 5% increase in container traffic in 2019 as it looks to complete and open a new container terminal in Ringaskiddy this year.

The city is growing and changing, but unless the Government can ability to deliver their objectives, more urban sprawl awaits, writes Peter O’Flynn

Sean O’Riordan Next year, for the first time, the Port of Cork will welcome cruise liners all year round, with a record 107 ships booked, some of which will dock at a new terminal which will be opened at Marino Point, near Cobh.

A masterplan has been unveiled for a multi-million euro redevelopment of the former Irish Fertiliser Industries (IFI) site at Marino Point in Cork harbour, which will include a mix of industries and a new cruise ship berth.

20 year development time-frame for 31-acre docks site

A huge €47m land deal paves the way for a near €1bn waterfront precinct on Cork’s south docks which could sustain thousands of residents and thousands of new jobs.

The long-held vision for Cork’s docklands as a thriving urban waterfront precinct has taken a major step forward after details of a landmark deal emerged.

Those who held a protest against the Port of Cork's closing of a supposed public right of way for the arrival of Cobh's first cruise liner of the year have been urged to ditch their placards for the sake of the town's tourism industry.

A battle over rights of way in a Cork harbour town could lead to pickets being placed at its deep water quay when cruise liners start to arrive for the new season in April.

A masterplan for a multi-million-euro redevelopment of the old IFI plant at Marino Point in Cobh is expected to be completed by February and lead to its redevelopment as an import/export hub for the Port of Cork.

The Port of Cork has confirmed it has got the backing of the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) for the multimillion-euro redevelopment of Tivoli docklands for new houses, offices and shopping centres.

Residents and major industries in Ringaskiddy are united in their opposition to the proposed M28 motorway route as it will sever the Co Cork harbourside village.

There are almost 20 large, detached one-off homes done to a variety of architectural styles and big, blowsy budgets, at the Ard Chuain development, which takes its name from the height it’s set at above Passage West, spanning expanses of Cork harbour.

Captain Michael McCarthy, Commercial Manager, Port of Cork and Chairman of Cruise Europe, has been named October’s ‘Cork Person of the Month’.

A blueprint for the development of Tivoli docklands proposes building 4,000 housing units, shopping centres, offices, and a railway station.

Proposals for the redevelopment of Cork City’s Tivoli Docklands are on a grand scale and represent a vote of confidence in the region’s people and future.

Two landmark announcements yesterday could have significant industrial spin-offs for Cork Harbour.

The Port of Cork plans to build a new cruise line terminal at the deepwater quay in Cobh at an estimated cost up to €15m — and it could be operational by 2020.

The ports of Cork and Bantry handled nearly a million more tonnes of cargo last year than in 2014.

Developments worth several hundred million euro are signalled for strategic Cork city and harbour water-fronting sites, at CIÉ-owned Horgan’s Quay, and separately at Marino Point for Port of Cork.

A major investigation has been launched after medical waste including tablets, urine specimen bottles, and used syringes — some clearly displaying the names of patients — washed up on the shores of Cork harbour.

After almost a decade in the doldrums, renewed activity is expected across a number of fronts in Cork city’s docklands and quays in 2016, with knock-on effects on major sites downriver in Cork harbour including Marino Point and Ringaskiddy.

A Cork harbour site which once sold for €25m to Howard Holdings comes to market in the same week as the city’s Howard Holdings-developed Clarion Hotel sells for €35m.

An Bord Pleanala, in permitting The Port of Cork to move its container port, in Tivoli, to Ringaskiddy, has overturned its own decision of seven years ago not to grant permission, and has now overruled its own inspector, who had recommended refusal.

The decision to award planning permission to the Port of Cork’s €100m redevelopment of Ringaskiddy harbour has been met with mixed reaction from local representatives in the area.

Tommy Barker visits No 20 The Highlands, Passage West, with rare garden space and a quality revamp inside.  

CORK harbour and port amenity with a deep water jetty at Marino Point is to be sold after a ‘Best Bids’ process in October, with a price expectation of up to €7m indicated.

Tommy Barker discovers a sense of airiness within this detached home that is all nicely modern but not flashy.

NOT only have the boats sailed or sunk, but the tide has run out on a Cork harbour site up for sale, with a lapsed planning for 72 apartments.

Delays in appointing directors to the Port of Cork have the potential to stifle its development, it has been claimed.

IT’S appropriate that the views down from 9 Ard Chuain include container ships serenely cruising below, on their way to or from Tivoli docks in Cork harbour — after all, lots of this house’s furniture, floors and fittings came to Cork by container ship.

No 3 Toureen Terrace in Passage West is 200 years old, with some deft designer touches and great views, Tommy Barker reports

PLAYING the Old Head Links course recently in dry, sunny but chilly conditions I believe that any golfer has to enjoy its superbly manicured fairways and greens in addition to some great golf shots in superb and spectacular surroundings.

LAND seized from Irish developers and now the subject of enforcement order via receivers and liquidators has been marketed by NAMA — and much of it will revert to farmland values when sold.

The elegant, 210-year-old Lotamore House on 14 acres with views of Cork city’s marina was a guesthouse for 20 years. It’s price of €1.3m (it previously sold for €3-4m) reflects the cost of upgrading.

MAHON peninsula, in Cork harbour, was an unappreciated waterfront asset — until the Lee tunnel came into being, and City Hall sold off large land tracts at this geographic ‘backwater,’ for huge money.

Above St Luke’s Cross, Cork, Iveragh manages to be both large and quite graceful.

THE Port of Cork is to submit a revised plan for a new €50 million container terminal in Ringaskiddy, although not on the same site which was previously refused by Bord Pleanála.

Five sites have emerged as possible locations for a new port terminal in Cork Harbour.