Cork's 'brownfield sites' could be used to house 36,000 people

Council analysis project will help form part of the blueprints for future county development plans

Cork's population is expected to grow by 120,000 over the next 20 years.

A major analysis of 'brownfield sites' is underway in Co Cork in an effort to redevelop them to accommodate a third of the projected 120,000 increase in population in the region in the next 20 years.

County council chief executive Tim Lucey said a number of his staff and outside consultants had embarked on the project which should be finalised in the next 12 weeks and it will help form part of the blueprints for future county development plans.