Tenant for former Quills store provides boost for St Patrick's Street

Planning application hints at turnaround for Cork's retail core

A new retailer is to open in the former Quills store this year.

The owners of the Savoy on Cork’s St Patrick's Street have secured a tenant for the former Quills store who is looking to occupy the location by the end of the year.

The Clarendon Group, owners of the complex, have lodged a fresh planning application to reconfigure the internal layout of the historic building, significantly enlarging the former Quills store, incorporating some of the smaller units that were located within the centre. A former barbershop, travel agent and juice shop would all be amalgamated into unit number two, resulting in a significantly larger retail unit.