Sky’s no limit for New Cork as 40-storey tower proposed for Port site

Towering ambition, Munster passion and a long-proven New York track record in building skyscrapers and working on Manhattan’s ‘Ground Zero’ rebuild are behind soaring plans for an extraordinary Irish site that’s been dubbed “the key to Cork’s docklands future”.

That description came yesterday from US-based Kerryman Kevin O’Sullivan, who has emerged as purchaser of the Port of Cork site, which signed yesterday for an unconfirmed figure of about €5m.

It may well now see a landmark development, including a signature or ‘iconic’ tower up to twice the height of the 17-storey Elysian or Liberty Hall, and an overall investment “well north of €100m”.