WITH all roads set to lead to Cork Harbour’s Ringaskiddy, thanks to a Port of Cork downriver operations move, and a new, vastly improved road link, the timing of the launch of a major space facility for logistics, storage, and manufacturing is apt.

A turning tide of development and infrastructure investment, such as the new €200 million N28 Cork Ringaskiddy Road, and €100 million port facility enlargement, may bring a new focus, and a major tenant or two to the Ringport Business Park.

Demonstrations by local residents living near the Country Clean recycling plant in Churchfield call into question the effectiveness of the planning department of Cork City Council and also the Environment Protection Agency.

IN one of the larger industrial deals in several years in Cork, a harbour site with 233,000 sq ft of buildings has been bought for close to €3m, by a waste recycling company.

Men used to flicking levers in dockyard cranes and shifting cargoes on ships went back to manual labour and wheelbarrow pushing, bringing a neglected garden back to life for children to savour.