Its future as the tallest building in Ireland may be under threat from new projects elsewhere but Cork County Hall looks set to remain a landmark building following completion of a €62 million refurbishment. Built originally in 1968 as a 16-storey building, the tower block on the Carrigrohane Straight has had an extra floor added in the course of the three-year refurbishment and will be officially opened next Monday by Cork county mayor Cllr Michael Creed. The extension incorporates both the refurbishment and upgrading of the existing tower block as well as the construction of a six-storey extension on its eastern side which houses an elliptical wood-lined chamber set on steel stilts.
