New lease of life for Odlums as R&H Hall silos face demolition

A view of the former Odlums building and R&H Hall building on Kennedy Quay, Cork. Picture: Dan Linehan

The plans being lodged for Cork's South Docks this week by O'Callaghan Properties (OCP) show the city's development past meeting its future: moves which were first mooted in the late 1700s for a new city core downriver of the old marsh centre are getting in gear.

It's only taken 240 years.