You wait years for the regeneration of strategic but derelict city sites — then two sod turnings on schemes worth some €100m come along on the same day.

THREE weeks away from moving the first 270 Tyco staff of 700 proposed in the multinational giant’s global HQ into the €50 million-plus Cork office development One Albert Quay, the John Cleary Developments 170,000 sq ft landmark building “will act as a talent magnet for Tyco, and for Cork.”