Could take year to reconstruct North Main Street buildings if knocked

The owners of buildings facing demolition on Cork's North Main Street have been warned it could “take years” to reconstruct the buildings if they are knocked, due to the potential medieval materials on the site.

Ian Lumley, advocacy officer with An Taisce, has said it is likely that the buildings contain walls from Viking and Norman times, as well as potentially having archaeological elements in their foundations dating back to before the 1700s.