Modern Shearwater has space

THERE was a huge kerfuffle when the Shearwater scheme at Kinsale was first mooted.

Objecting residents even took to installing a crane on the former Kinsale Candles site to give an indication of the height of the building.

Now that the pier-front scheme is completed it has become part of the established architecture of the harbour-side town. “People love them now,” says auctioneer Victoria Murphy, “they are very sophisticated and modern and you have everything handled for you.”