Council plans to compulsorily buy Beamish and Crawford brewery site

Cork City Council is poised to compulsorily acquire the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site in Cork using powers under the Derelict Sites Act.

Council chief executive, Ann Doherty confirmed yesterday that the process is designed to assist in the perfection of title on the site.

The move will facilitate any potential redevelopment of the site by a development company linked to the property’s owners, brewing giant Heineken Ireland.