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Big movers

Two Kerry brothers plan to construct Ireland’s tallest building in Cork

The Kerry brothers behind some of New York’s most iconic buildings plan to construct a massive skyscraper in Cork’s docklands. Port of Cork confirmed to Fora that it has sold a three-acre site in the city’s Custom House Quay to Tower Development Properties, a new company formed by US-based developers Kevin and Donal O’Sullivan.

Crane drivers the latest group to push for pay rises

A union representing the bulk of Ireland’s crane drivers has put in a large pay claim on behalf of the construction workers. Yesterday trade union Unite sent a draft industry agreement to the Construction Industry Federation, which represents most of the building industry’s largest companies, as well as to several smaller firms.

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Under Construction

• A company owned by billionaire Denis O’Brien has been given the go-ahead to build several luxury apartment blocks near Dublin’s city centre. Dublin City Council has granted planning permission to a firm called Purleigh Holdings to build five separate five-storey blocks for a total of 90 new apartments.
• The construction of the new children’s hospital on the St James’ site is to begin “within a matter of weeks” according to the Minister of Health Simon Harris. The new hospital, which was signed off by the minister at today’s Cabinet meeting, will be open by 2021.
• Earlier this week, Fora investigated the long-planned Naas shopping centre which has been lying derelict for years, finding that further work on the shopping centre has been delayed because the local council is attempting to purchase a parcel of land at the site.

Des Res

Australian model Miranda Kerr turned 34 just last week, and is set to marry Snapchat CEO Evan Spiegel next month. Here she shares her idyllic home in Malibu, California where she makes slow-roasted chicken and collects vegetables from her garden.