Coveney: 25% of Cork yet to be built

A quarter of Cork’s footprint has yet to be built and the next 20 years will bring the biggest change to city and county since independence.

Tánaiste Simon Coveney delivered that message to hundreds of business leaders in Cork, saying the city and county had to see a huge chunk of the €116bn national development plan in order to reach its potential and cater for a 60% rise in population.

He said Cork’s docklands was key to unlocking the city’s potential, as was constructing the M20 motorway between Cork and Limerick, and the eastern side of the Northern Ring Road to open up the northside of the city.