Residents to fight proposed 17-storey apartment block which contravenes Cork Development Plan

Residents from a community on the southside of Cork city are to meet with local councillors tomorrow night to organise opposition to a proposal to build a 17-storey apartment block next to their homes.

The Railway Gardens development will be located close to the Elysian tower facing onto the Rockboro and Gasworks roads. The development includes four and six-storey blocks, with a 17-storey block on its north-west corner. It will stand at almost 60 metres in height if completed as proposed.