Tall tale as 70m tower gets green light

PLANNING permission for the country’s tallest building, to be constructed next to Cork’s City Hall, has been rubber-stamped by the city council.

Unless appealed to Bord Pleanála, work on the 17-storey, 70-metre-high tower could start right away and the project could be wrapped up in about two years, according to developer Michael O'Flynn.

"We're delighted with the planners' decision. We didn't apply for 17 storeys in the hope of getting 10 or 12 floors, we and our architects felt this was the right scale and design for such an important city gateway site," Mr O'Flynn said.