A major development of high-rise student accommodation has been given the go-ahead in Cork.

A proposed new UCC student accommodation building — the 255-bed development at Victoria Cross — is set to rise to eight and up 10 storeys, across four linked blocks, on the former western suburban site of the Crow’s Nest bar.

Almost a secret location, the Model Farm Road niche called Birchley only comes to the fore once in a blue moon, when a house arrives here for sale.