Living the high life in luxury: new tower to be Ireland’s tallest

WELCOME to the high life — literally.

Detailed plans for Ireland’s tallest building, which will include some of the most luxurious and possibly some of the most expensive apartments built outside Dublin, were unveiled in Cork last night.

The 17-storey 71-metre high landmark tower, which is being built in Cork city centre, will, once completed in mid-2008, be Ireland’s tallest building, topping County Hall by six metres. Work on The Elysian tower has already started on a three-acre site on Eglinton Street.