Work to commence on new homes on Cork's Airport Hill as part of €50m development

Part of the former boom-time Airport Hill landbank is being redeveloped for cost-rental housing close to Cork Airport

The scheme — across 4.5 acres of the landbank — is being developed in partnership with approved housing body Clúid

Part of a landbank on Cork City’s Airport Hill, which famously sold for €2.4m per acre at the height of the boom, is on course for the construction of 121 homes, within a €50m development.

A consortium led by developer Denis McBarron bought the 7.23-acre site for an undisclosed sum after it returned to market in 2018 with a guide price of €3m.