Work to restart 'within weeks' on stalled Cork City Council houses after dispute resolved

The Cork Northwest Quarter Regeneration project involves the demolition of around 450 homes and the construction of almost 650 new homes in phases

The housing construction site on Kilmore Road, Knocknaheeney, in 2021. The council now plans to move quickly to appoint new contractors to finish these homes on the Kilmore Road, with hopes they should be on site “within weeks, rather than months”, a source said. Picture: Larry Cummins

A protracted contractual dispute which saw building work grind to a halt on 24 council homes on Cork’s northside as part of one of the largest housing regeneration projects in the State has been resolved.

It clears the way for building work to resume on the homes in phase 2C of the multi-million Cork Northwest Quarter Regeneration project — the massive multi-annual and phased regeneration project which began in the Knocknaheeny and Hollyhill area on city's northside almost a decade ago.