Beet that: former Mallow sugar beet lands could be a sweet development deal  - or solar farm

Some 143 acres next to Cork Racecourse is up for grabs in two lots

Bittersweet: Mallow's former sugar beet factory site, picture here in 1953, is now for sale with agents Lisney after the Greencore site is now cleared. 143 acres are being sold at 'Munster's Crossroads'

A MAJOR Mallow land sale in the offing will be bittersweet for the North Cork town and Munster hub — it’s the last major tranche of the former Irish Sugar factory, and new uses could include a solar farm, or mixed industrial/residential development.

The lands at Newberry, the former Irish Sugar factory, are for sale in two lots: Lot 1 with 133 acres, guided at €1.9m, and lot 2 with 12 acres guided at €300,000.