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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

🚨🚨New crane in Mahon🚨🚨 Feirm na Locha site, 170 apartments. OBR Construction. Record run for the count continues. #CorkCraneCount: 25. ⬆️1. Thanks to follower for the photo.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Week ending 12/09/2026: #CorkCraneCount: 24. No change. Main news last week was that this 243-bed student apartment development is getting underway at Victoria Cross.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Week ending 22/08/2026: #CorkCraneCount: 24. No change. Flynn Management are constructing two Primary Care centres for HSE in Cork at present. The Douglas one is very visible from south link, but the one in Glanmire has much fewer passers-by. You can get very close though:

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

🚨🚨New crane on Northside🚨🚨 For new school building developments at North Mon. Thanks to followers for the updates. #CorkCraneCount: 23. ⬆️1.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Week ending 08/08/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change*. Interesting to see that commencement notices (and site activity) in place for 2/3 of the buildings at Creamfields.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Week ending 18/07/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change. Two interesting apartment development consultations launched by cork city council: The long empty site to south of Neptune Stadium has had some design revisions. 67 apartments due there. Last photo was the older proposal.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Week ending 11/07/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change. First of multiple apartment blocks visible above the hoarding now at Creamfields. Newest and tallest of the 3 cranes appears deceptively small from this perspective.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

Week ending 27/06/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. 🚨🚨⬇️1 and ⬆️1🚨🚨. On Tuesday, one of the 4 cranes came down on Glenveagh Homes Blackrock site. Unusual view of the site today from distance of Little Island.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🚨🚨New crane in city centre🚨🚨 Secondcrane on the Railyard apartments for PJ Hegarty’s. Thanks @redblueg.bsky.social for the photo. #CorkCraneCount: 23. ⬆️1

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Week ending 30/05/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. 🚨🚨⬆️1🚨🚨. Cairn Homes crane at Creamfields in Ballyphehane quickly replaced the one we lost last week. Thanks to a follower for the use of their photo

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

🚨🚨No photo but crane confirmed removed yesterday at Ardrostig/Waterfall🚨🚨 #CorkCraneCount: 21. Thanks to followers for letting me know. Separately, apologies for lack of count at weekend (unchanged last week).

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Week ending 09/05/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change. New LRD application for 104 housing units and a crèche on Pope’s Hill. Interesting site so close to city centre. Would make you wonder about neighbouring land including the army barracks?

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

And then yesterday, 🚨🚨New crane in Douglas🚨🚨 New primary care centre being built by Flynn Management for @hselive.bsky.social Thanks to a follower for the update. #CorkCraneCount: 22 ⬆️1. Another week with activity on multiple sites

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Then on Tuesday we lost another crane: 🚨🚨#CorkCraneCount: 21. ⬇️1🚨🚨 Crane down in Victoria Cross.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Over weekend, the first of the four Conack cranes at Marina Depot was removed, to bring us back down to 22. Hard to make out on this image from the tv coverage of Cork hurlers match on Sunday 🇵🇱 🇵🇱 🇮🇩 🇮🇩.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Thanks to a follower for this image of the PJ Hegarty crane erected today at Stryker in Carrigtwohill. Outside the city boundary so not included in the count.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

🚨🚨New crane at Crawford Art Gallery🚨🚨 For PJ Hegarty doing the extension there #CorkCraneCount: 23 ⬆️1. Thanks to a follower for the update.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Week ending 18/04/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change. Main news this week was the updated route map for the Cork Luas, with notable changes in Ballincollig and Bishopstown.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

Week ending 04/04/26: #CorkCraneCount: 22. No change. View from Sundays Well showing at least half, with a few more obscured behind branches or obstructed by foreground buildings. (Apologies for delayed update)

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Week ending 21/03/26: #CorkCraneCount: 21. No change in the city. However, there was a new crane in the country, in Macroom for a new Garda divisional HQ there.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Week ending 14/03/26: #CorkCraneCount: 21. No change. Will be a long while before I tire of sharing great videos of the PJ Hegarty crane at JCD Group apartments on Albert Quay. Thanks to a follower for the video

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

Week ending 07/03/26: #CorkCraneCount: 21. No change. Superseded by the monster crane last week, news of a Cork City Council consultation recently opened for apartments on a particularly egregious derelict site in Gurranabraher. Delighted to see a proposal for apartments here.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Week ending 28/02/26: #CorkCraneCount: 21. 🚨🚨⬆️1🚨🚨. New crane erected at the Railyard apartments on Sextant site by PJ Hegarty for JCD Group & Respond Housing. The 25-storey tower will be tallest on island once complete. Lift core starting soon. 2nd crane June-ish

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

🚨🚨New crane at the Railyard (Sextant) apartments🚨🚨 Tallest crane ever in the count, for new tallest building on the island. #CorkCraneCount: 21 ⬆️1

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Preparations by East Cork Crane Hire tonight for erection of ~100m crane for 25 storey apartments on Albert Quay for PJ Hegarty & Sons. Thanks to a follower for the video.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

Ahead of the crane being installed this weekend, thanks Peter for the photo of Albert Quay apartments

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thanks to two followers for photos showing the Kinsale Road crane was completed today.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

Week ending 21/02/26: #CorkCraneCount: 20. 🚨🚨⬆️1🚨🚨. New crane partly erected at Cairn Homes Creamfields site on Kinsale Road. Crane to be completed by Wednesday.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

Week ending 14/02/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change in the city area. Main news this week was that Cork City councillors approved planning permission for this apartment development on Anglesea St, which will be developed by the Land Development Agency. Images by G Net 3D

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

🚨🚨Crane going up in Little Island.🚨🚨 Not too sure of the project but presumably industrial. Thanks to a follower for the update. As it is outside the city boundary, it won’t be included in the count, which remains at 19.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Photos taken last week of the apartments on Redforge Road, Blackpool.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Week ending 07/02/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Main news of the week was this punt on a planning extension for the hotel proposed as the tallest building in the country.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Thanks @the-p3t3r.bsky.social for the great view into Railyard apartments site. Looking forward to future updates

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Week ending 31/01/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Main news this week was the application from BAM for student apartments on Sullivans Quay, rather than an application along lines of previously permitted hotel and offices. Design by Reddy Architecture.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

Week ending 24/01/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Main news was an application for a further 556 residential units across 4 blocks on Jacob’s Island. www.irishexaminer.com/property/com...

irishexaminer.com

Planning application lodged for more than 550 homes on Cork's Jacob's Island

Part of an ongoing €750m development, expected to ultimately deliver more than 1,200 homes.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Week ending 17/01/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Progress visible now on Patrick’s Hill for Cumnor at Christian Brothers College’s extension.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Week ending 10/01/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Revised plans were recently submitted for 2 office blocks on Albert St, to complete Navigation Square development. No timeline on construction though.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Week ending 03/01/26: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change as we start 2026. Marina Depot apartments continue to climb

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

Week ending 27/12/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change, as expected over Christmas period. Permission has been granted for a 10-storey hotel on lower Oliver Plunkett St. (I am dubious that this will be built).

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Week ending 20/12/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Piling ongoing for tallest building in Ireland. First crane in February, reportedly. Contractors PJ Hegarty’s for Cork City Council and @cluidhousing.bsky.social therailyard.ie

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

€Week ending 13/12/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Main news in past week was that the redevelopment and restoration of Crawford Art Gallery will commence early next year. www.rte.ie/news/munster...

rte.ie

€93m redevelopment of Crawford Art Gallery to commence

An event has been held to mark the commencement of construction for the €93m redevelopment of the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork City.

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Week ending 06/12/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. Good news this week that the dormant hotel project at 71 South Mall is being resurrected under new owners. Story by Catherine Shanahan www.irishexaminer.com/property/com...

irishexaminer.com

Two major new hotels set to transform Cork city as construction begins on key sites

Two major hotel developments on South Mall and South Terrace signal fresh investment and renewed momentum in Cork’s growing hospitality sector

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

Week ending 29/11/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. No change. One of earliest proposals when this account was set up was Jacob’s Island. It progressed slowly & steadily since but in unsurprising news this week, the developers are abandoning the 25-storey tower element due to unviability

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

Week ending 22/11/25: #CorkCraneCount: 19. 🚨🚨 ⬆️1 🚨🚨 New crane on Model Farm Road Near Texaco garage for Cork City Council apartments. Didn’t get any photo since of completed crane. Also heard reports of crane in Blackpool yesterday, but not confirmed if only temporary

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

🚨🚨New crane on Model Farm Road🚨🚨 For City Council apartments. #CorkCraneCount: 19. ⬆️1

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

Week ending 08/11/25: #CorkCraneCount: 18. Walls Construction crane in Blackpool. Thanks to a follower for the photos last week, and apologies for the lack of update last Sunday. The jib was actually only put on this weekend

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CorkCraneCount @corkcranecount.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

🚨🚨New crane in Blackpool🚨🚨. Second crane on Redforge Road for Walls Construction. Thanks to a follower for the update. #CorkCraneCount: 18. ⬆️1

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