Rehab hospital, 2,000 homes, and 5,000 jobs in huge new Cork City South Docks scheme

The plan includes new life for the Odlums building and will seek permission for the demolition of the former R&H Hall concrete grain silo building on the city side

An artist impression of the proposal from O'Callaghan Properties for the redevelopment of Cork's South Docks. Picture: Flythrough

A specialist 130-bed rehabilitation hospital, to be just the second in Ireland, forms part of the first €350 million phase of a long-term development project for Cork City's South Docks.

Just lodging for planning permission this week is stage one of a mixed-use, far-reaching proposal by private developers O'Callaghan Properties (OCP) for a sprawling 31-acre docklands campus they acquired in 2019 for €47.5m from Origin Enterprises.