Plans to turn Cork's iconic Butter Exchange into a job creation hub

Recreate Shandon Ltd CLG, spearheaded by the founder of the Seabrook Technology Group Sean O’Sullivan, has plans to redevelop the building as an enterprise centre

The old Butter Exchange building at Shandon in Cork city was developed by a group of merchants in 1769. Picture: Denis Scannell

The landmark Butter Exchange building on Cork’s northside, which has lain vacant for well over a decade, is in line for a new lease of life as a job creation hub.

It follows a decision by city councillors to agree to the disposal by way of lease of the iconic building in the shadow of Shandon steeple to a group which has plans to redevelop it as an enterprise centre.