Plans for Vita Cortex site include apartments and a discount supermarket

An apartment block and a discount retail store have featured in pre-planning talks in relation to the future of the former Vita Cortex facility

A planning application seeking permission for the demolition of the former Vita Cortex structures and outbuildings on the Kinsale Road and Pearse Road was lodged last month. Picture: Denis Minihane

A mixed-use residential and retail development could be on the cards for the now derelict site of what was one of Ireland’s great industrial relations struggles.

And two other long-term derelict sites in the same part of Cork city are in line for major housing projects, with key planning decisions due over the coming weeks.