Haulbowline Island in line for major revamp this year

A long-standing blot on the landscape of Cork Harbour will be no more by mid-2018 with a major overhaul of Haulbowline Island set to commence this year.

The remediation work will see the conversion of the unsightly East Tip waste site into an expansive People’s Park, with further remediation at the site of the former Ispat/Irish Steel factory site.

Marine Minister Simon Coveney said the €61m remediation project will transform the island “from a real environmental scar on the landscape” into a resource that the public can enjoy.