Unfinished 'eyesore' is converted into 95 new homes for Cork 

The apartment complex is the largest social housing project delivered by an approved housing body in Munster this year

The Cascade scheme, in the Castlelake development in Carrigtwohill, had lain vacant for so long it was branded an eyesore in 2019, with local calls for it to be “finished or blown up”. Picture: Denis Minihane.

An unfinished eyesore apartment complex that lay vacant for 17 years has been transformed into 95 homes as part of a major new social housing project in Cork.

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien will visit Carrigtwohill in Cork today to officially open the Cascade apartment complex, delivered by Co-operative Housing Ireland (CHI), the largest social housing project delivered by an approved housing body in Munster this year.