Plans were lodged this week for a proposed major 957-bed student accommodation development at the long derelict Good Shepherd Convent in Cork City. Bellmount Good Shepherd Ltd plans to build 274 apartments across eight blocks on the 7.8-acre site, which has sat idle for many years. The site is in the Sunday’s Well area of the city and would be roughly 1.5 km away from the UCC main campus.  It was formerly an orphanage and Magdalene laundry, and was added to the local authority’s derelict list in 2019, valued at €1.8 million. It has been the subject of multiple fires.…

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