Agri business site worth breaking open piggy bank to develop city block

A Cork City quayside prime redevelopment block may be about to move from trough to peak, with the planned sale of a key corner building, McLaughlins, which even — appropriately — has a water trough outside its front door.

Likely to come to market in a month’s time is the city centre veterinary, animal products, pet feeds and crop protection business, at the junction of Lower Glanmire Road and Ship Street.