New developments on the north side

NOW that Cork’s Blackpool Retail Centre looks set for a pre-Christmas opening, with lots of new shops lined up, living on the north-west of the city is getting better and better.

Opening before Mahon Point, and alongside Blackpool Shopping Centre, in the Pole Field, the retail warehouses should be a huge draw in the rejuvenated northside suburb.

Not too far up the road in the village of Carrig na bhFear, there’s also been a spate of new developments.