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Ireland's tallest building opens
Thursday, 18 September 2008
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Ireland's tallest building was officially unveiled last night, with the 17-storey Elysian now dominating the Cork city skyscape.
The €150m Elysian, a 71-metre-high tower-block complex beside Cork City Hall, is the brainchild of multi-millionaire developer Michael O'Flynn, and aims to herald the redevelopment of Cork's sprawling docklands.
It is now officially Ireland's tallest structure -- ahead of both Dublin's Liberty Hall and Cork's County Hall.
The Elysian was formally opened last night by Foreign Affairs Minister Micheal Martin, Education Minister Batt O'Keeffe, and Irish rugby star Ronan O'Gara.
Set in three acres, the lavish development features 211 luxury apartments, which range in price from €375,000 to a cool €2m.
The latter boast spectacular views of the city and surrounding countryside to a distance of almost 10km.
The Elysian also boasts ground-floor retail units, as well as pubs and restaurants.
It will now dominate Cork city centre with its 17-storey tower joining Shandon Bells and St Fin Barre's as symbols of the city.
Mr O'Flynn hailed the Elysian as "totally unique in Ireland" -- with the project even including an enclosed, one-acre Japanese garden. "We believe this project ranks alongside the very finest developments of its type in London, Paris or anywhere else."
Trish Stokes, of selling agents Sherry Fitzgerald, admitted The Elysian had attracted enormous interest. "There is an owner-occupier market and this will appeal to a broad range of age groups who want a very special cosmopolitan contemporary setting in keeping with that available in other modern European cities," she said.
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Oh, grow up you guys! Yes, we are in Northern Ireland and "they" are in the Republic of Ireland!
Does that mean that Windsor House does not stand upon the geographical island of Ireland?
Posted by Centaur | 19.09.08, 01:41 GMT
On the Island of Ireland Windsor house is the tallest building. The heights are to liveable/useable floor space. If the Cork building is counting on the mast to take it higher than Windsor House, then at Windsor one can add on the plant room (2 levels) 85m+ thus or one could add on a lattice frame which is taller again. Take your choice.
Posted by john gingham | 18.09.08, 23:55 GMT
Wrong all of you bord brains
As even the dumbest dog knows, Ireland is actually an ISLAND comprising of the political entities known as the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, so the writer is correct in his use of the term
Some people would do better to revise their geography books rather than spend their time perpetuating falsehoods on these web pages
Posted by Mr Daw, London | 18.09.08, 16:47 GMT
J windsor house is in belfast therfor is the tallest building in northern ireland and Elysian is the tallest in Ireland. Two differnt countries
Posted by Matt | 18.09.08, 16:03 GMT
No the elysian is at 81m not 71m. It has a decorative featured added, this takes the total height to 81m just 1m above windsor house.
Posted by p | 18.09.08, 15:47 GMT
J that would be N. Irelands tallest building.
Posted by A | 18.09.08, 15:44 GMT
"J", according to Wikipedia, "A decorative pinnacle gives The Elysian's tower an overall height of 81 metres".
This would appear to make it the tallest building on the island of Ireland.
Posted by Centaur | 18.09.08, 15:18 GMT
J: Belfast in in the United Kingdom- Not Ireland. So that means Cork has Irelands highest building!
Posted by John | 18.09.08, 15:17 GMT
The Elysian in Cork is 81m with a spire.
Posted by Neil | 18.09.08, 14:37 GMT
Ireland's tallest building is Windsor House in Belfast at 80 metres and not the Elysian in Cork at 71 metres.
Posted by j | 18.09.08, 13:29 GMT