CORK’S city manager has called on the Government to commit funding to build an iconic bridge over the River Lee to help kick-start the city’s multi-billion-euro docklands regeneration project.

A CITY centre site for a €50 million events centre is being proposed to Cork City Council by developer Owen O’Callaghan.

A LOT of things got washed downstream in Cork’s 2009 flooding – but gone out even earlier on the tide were the Brave New World hopes of a major docklands redevelopment. Gone are much of the hopes of the likes of key drivers like Howard Holdings – which is now a pale shadow of what it was.

COVENTRY Airport, which is owned by Cork developers Howard Holdings, has been closed.

AFTER what is probably the most expensive new approach driveway in Ireland, the c €15 million-plus railway bridge serving just four or five homes, you might expect house prices at Bellvue Villas to rise as well. Wrong.

A LOCAL authority has agreed to provide land to the GAA to facilitate improvements at Munster’s biggest stadium.

KEY personnel departures and project divisions are taking place at Howard Holdings, one of the country’s most aggressive development firms during the Celtic Tiger years.

THE Government is under fire for stalling a decision to release just €2.3 million to help kickstart the State’s largest urban regeneration scheme.

PLANS for the largest district heating scheme in the country, which could slash domestic energy costs by 15% and reduce carbon emissions, will be unveiled this morning.

THE ambitious €1 billion Atlantic Quarter project in Cork’s docklands got the green light from planners last night.

PROFITS at leading architects Scott Tallon Walker, a firm heavily involved in the development of the Cork docklands, almost doubled last year.

WITHIN 10 years the physical landscape of Cork city will be changed utterly. The regeneration of the City Quarter area, allied to the exciting proposals for the docklands (the proposed Atlantic Quarter), will alter the face of Cork forever and elevate the city and its environs to a bright, brand new plateau.

CORK CITY COUNCIL is poised to award a lucrative contract to a PR firm to brand and market its multi-billion docklands regeneration project.

Tommy Barker highlights a double offering overlooking Cork’s vision of future.

PLANNERS in Cork have moved to change the city development plan to limit to 10 the number of soaring landmark buildings over 10 storeys in the city.

A ‘NEW Cork’ beckons down-river of the existing southern city — but locals can’t yet see it.

DETAILS of the first project in Cork’s €10 billion docklands regeneration will be unveiled next week.