Planning was only cleared for the c €15 million development in January and Lugus are looking at a mid-March sales launch.

A significant CIF briefing in Cork today will address the issue of economics and viability of new house building in current market conditions and at today’s residential values — and, ironically, today is also when marketing starts on a top location site for upmarket new builds on Cork’s western fringes, between the affluent western suburbs and employment hot-spot Ballincollig.