Retail will move centre stage in Cork during 2016, with economic recovery prompting new city centre developments, new trader arrivals, and the sector will also be characterised by moves to ‘market’ rent negotiations, where rents can go up or down, a final end to the ‘upward only’ regime.

Companies seeking up to 26,000 sq ft of offices in Cork which are ready to walk into, will find a building recently sold to a private investor at Little Island could fit their bill.