Article: Lord Mayor welcomes major retail centre in Cork

THE DECISION by a number of international retail chains to locate their biggest shops in Ireland in Cork is a vote of confidence in the city, said Lord Mayor Dara Murphy as a new [euro]600 million shopping and office precinct opened on Leeside yesterday.

Mr Murphy said the opening of the Opera Lane and Half Moon Street developments would bring the amount of retail space in Cork city centre to over 900,000sq ft.

"That's four times the size of Dundrum Shopping Centre and it shows that Cork is the best shopping option for all of Munster and south Leinster. The fact that chains like Mothercare and Next have their largest stores nationally here confirms that," he said.

Mr Murphy was speaking as ...

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