Dunnes has big plans for old store site

SUPERMARKET giant Dunnes Stores has indicated it will seek permission to demolish its long-established store on Curraheen Road in Bishopstown, Cork, and replace it with a much higher density scheme with overhead apartments, worth up to €100 million.

It wants to replace the 32-year-old single-storey store with a mixed-use development, to include 72 apartments, medical centre and surgeries and retail units plus a crèche.

The plans for the western suburban site, of between two and three acres, include provision for basement car parking.