Cork's Finn's Corner turns in a new direction

The sports shop formerly owned by rugby legend Moss Finn is set to become a café/restaurant and apartment complex

Finn's Corner at the junction of Grand Parade and Washington Street, Cork. New owners are seeking planning for a café/restaurant and seven apartments. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

Finn's Corner, once an integral part of sports retail in Cork city, looks set for a switch to the hospitality sector if plans lodged with Cork City Council are given the go-ahead.

A company called Patricks Unity Ltd, believed to involve an Irishman living abroad, is proposing to install a café/restaurant on the first two floors of the five-storey premises, as well as seven overhead apartments.