Work begins on 300 dockland apartments on Cork's Horgan's Quay

Dairygold in talks with housebuilder Cairn to build 600 homes on the former CMP site

Piling work at the north quays site by Kent Station has just got underway. Pic: Larry Cummins

Work is finally underway at Cork City docklands’ first major residential development, set to deliver more than 300 apartments within two years.

Separately Dairygold has confirmed to the Irish Examiner that it’s in talks with Cairn Homes plc to explore a potential partnership to build more than 600 apartments at the former CMP Dairies site, aka Creamfields, on the Kinsale Road.