Ex-shoe shop may be right fit

A prime, former shoe shop with one of the most attractive original shops fronts in Cork City’s Oliver Plunkett Street (and almost 60 years of trading history) is looking for new uses.

O’Connors shop has 1,000 sq ft at ground level, but is in effect a mis-matched pair, as one 400 sq ft section is for sale, and other, 600 sq ft, is to let: it comes about as the original owners Daniel and Mary O’Connor added the larger ‘half’ by way of lease back in 1962, merging the two into one open space.

Now, the 1,000 sq ft is a sufficiently attractive size to draw new retailer interest, and the location is superb, at the OPS junction with Princes Street near St Patrick’s Street and the South Mall.