Apartment building 'not viable' in Cork without Government support 

Chamber: 'Cost of building apartments is so high that people can’t afford to rent or buy them, therefore they cannot be built'

There are now plans to build a 16-storey office tower on the site that was earmarked for a residential project.

Cork Chamber has called for urgent and significant Government action to help the private sector deliver affordable apartments in Cork city.

Without a range of specific and targeted interventions, urban sprawl will continue, it has warned.