Harbour scheme will make Knockane a sure-fire bet

A €30 MILLION waterside site swoop by developers Howard Holdings is going to make Passage West in Cork harbour, prime and pretty once more.

Just watch the knock-on property market effect as their €200 million plan for the town’s current eyesore gets into gear over the next few years.

The tide has turned for quality development in the harbour spot: big houses are making 2 million a pop in private sales at the grounds of Horsehead House; IFI and Irish Steel’s closures have cleansed the air, more boats bob in the water and developers like O’Brien and O’Flynn are active just on the city side, building over 500 new homes.