Plans for new apartments at Hickeys in Cork City centre

Home and hardware store will continue trading but with the addition of 32 apartments if planning permission is granted

Hickeys hardware store on Maylor St in Cork City centre. Planning permission is sought to put up 32 new apartments alongside the business which will continue to trade. Picture: Larry Cummins

Plans have been lodged for the major redevelopment of the Hickey’s hardware store in the centre of Cork City that will include a six-storey apartment complex.

The site between Oliver Plunkett St and Maylor St is located on the centre island in the heart of the city’s retail core and will see the development of 32 new apartments if permission is granted.