Forum boost for docklands strategy

A STAKEHOLDERS’ forum is to be established to speed up the multi-billion redevelopment of Cork’s docklands.

It is expected CIÉ will be put under pressure to get started on a €500 million joint project it announced earlier this year with Manor Park Homes, which includes the reconfiguration of Kent railway station and a massive housing and apartment development on Horgan’s Quay.

The docklands strategy envisages the creation of thousands of apartments and homes, crèches, shops, public parks, riverside walkways and thousands of square feet of retail and office space.