The development of a massive new container handling port at Ringaskiddy is almost complete.
Work on the €86m project started in 2018 and has involved the dredging of 285,000 tonnes of silt and rock, the laying of 92,000 square metres of concrete and the development of 2kms of new roads at the 150-acre site.
The new 360m-long quay had a 13m depth of water, meaning it is capable of handling the biggest container ships in the world.
The Irish Examiner reports the Ringaskiddy terminal will be able to handle 280,000 of these containers, 40,000 more containers than can be handled at Tivoli.
Oerations there will start to be phased out once Ringaskiddy is fully up and running.
The Port of Cork then plans sell off its sites in Tivoli and the Cork city quays for redevelopment,
