High price likely for secret garden site in settled suburb

IN the former village that is Sunday’s Well in Cork city, the news of a potential building site should cause a ripple in the very settled suburb.

Here, developer Pat Hegarty has long angled to get planning permission for student apartments in the teeth of local opposition, without success. Residents here tend to protect their patch.

This week’s new market entry, however, is a derelict site on the main Sunday’s Well road, a would be eye-sore that’s so overgrown with wild lilac, it’s almost attractive.