The Blackpool high life

PENTHOUSE apartments with roof gardens, part of a seven-storey block overlooking a public park, a shoppers’ nirvana and a diverted stream — welcome to the new Blackpool.

No other Cork suburb has seen such a dramatic transformation in the past five years as the northside's rejuvenated Blackpool. And Heron Gate crowns it all off.

Developed by the Love family's Shipton Group, the 28-apartment scheme is the firm's first venture into residential development: it is so smart, you'd presume they've been at it for years.