ESB has lodged a planning application for a €150m redevelopment of its controversial Fitzwilliam Street site, which will see the 1970s-style facade restored to a style more sympathetic to its surroundings.

THERE’S a touch of the landed gentry about this part of Lissarda, Co Cork — it’s an area with fine houses set on fine acres of land.

ONE of Cork city’s oldest hotels, the Gresham Metropole, is lining up a circa €25 million-plus investment which will include large-scale demolition of the rear of the property.