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AN BORD PLEANÁLA has granted permission for a major construction project in Cork city that will see 201 rental apartments built in a development ranging in height from 8 to 24 storeys.
The development will be built on the site of Carey Tool Hire and the former Sextant Bar on Albert Quay.
As well as the homes and amenities for residents such as a library and games room, it is planned that the development will contain a ground floor café and public plaza.
The plan will also see a roof garden created for the residents that will be designed with a 1.6 metre high glazed balustrade to help protect people from the elements.
The apartments in the development will will consist of 93 one-bedroomed units, 104 two-bedroomed units and four three-bedroomed units.
The developer behind the project is Progressive Commercial Construction Ltd.
It its decision to delivered yesterday, An Bord Pleanála granted permission subject to 31 different conditions. Among them are that the developer will pay a contribution to the Cork Suburban Rail Project.
The development will also require the complete demolition of the Sextant pub and another condition attached to the permission is that a written and visual record of the pub be kept.
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Looks like something out of Claire’s Accessories!
the bloke who bought that must be in serious trouble with his missus.
And in other news today, Typhoon-ravaged Philippines struggles to provide medical care, food for survivors.
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And in other news–A family not far from you is struggling too.
6.5 million euros commission for auctioning one item. Nice business if you can get it.
Disgusting money for a stupid fainne.
Plum-sized? The plums that hang between my legs are bigger than that!
Was the mysterious phone bidder Gollum by any chance?…precious…
The bidder was sporting a Jewish skullcap? What about the buyer of the paintings today, was it a he or a she, Muslim, Christian or Hindi? Why is that detail there?
Hiding salient points of information is not a what a news site should do. People have a right to know.
I thought the same Jamie… why does religion have to come into everything!? If it was a regular wooly hat would they have mentioned it? lol
Surprised the article didn’t describe him as a ‘covetous Jew’ and have an artists impression from c1930s Germany.
Ah yes Sensei, the devil is in the detail wha?
That’s the smallest plum I’ve ever seen! In fact, I’ve seen bigger grapes!
That bidding cost me a fortune in phone costs to Geneva….
Save a thought for the hungry and near dead from having nothing!!!!
It was bought by a bond holder…
Are they not entitled to spend their ownm
Own
If you wife to be isn’t happy with the ring, any ring then your better off avoiding her and getting a more balanced model.
No matter how many times I bag up my coins, it always falls short of millions. Try as I might, the result is always hundreds and not millions. I must be doing something wrong. Help!
Takes me about a year to fill my jug with 1′s and 2′s and 5′s.. then I trapse down to to tesco to collect my approx 9 euro worth of free stuff.. Ah what was become of me?
I’ve got a brown star I’d sell for a million,any bidders!!
And in other news today austerity ravaged ireland struggles to provide healthcare
What’s with all the begrudgers? If someone has €61m they want to piss away on a shiny rock, let them off. It’s nobody’s business but their own.
Well worth the money
It certainly opens your eyes when on tv news you see people in phillipians begging for help while this auction+that other one for that painting goes on
No recession round there, wha’?!
A bearded man? It may have been Santa Claus !
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