Baltimore at your convenience

WEST Cork tourist harbour village, Baltimore, last weekend hosted the Pirate Festival to commemorate the sacking of Baltimore in 1631 — and now there’s a chance to ‘plunder’ a lot of retail trade in the bustling summer resort.

The retail trade at Baltimore is seasonal, but a site able to hoover up a huge portion of convenience store summer spending, from outlying holiday home residents and sailors, will tempt investors and end-users.

Up for sale this week, with Peter O’Flynn and Eoin Ryan, of DTZ Sherry FitzGerald Cork, is a 0.54-acre site at the entrance to Baltimore. It promises the Holy Grail of easy access and car-parking for shoppers. The site, with full planning permission for a convenience store such as a Mace, Gala, Centra or Londis, is on the eastern approach to Baltimore, close to Casey’s Hotel and Glebe House cafe and gardens.