Get your wallets ready! Cork town unveils €40m SHOPPING village

If you're a shopping addict in Cork, get ready to be very happy because a new shopping village – like Kildare Village – is in the works. 

A hotel and 4,000 seat conference centre is also included in an anticipated project by new company, Phoenix Tourism Development Bandon.

A land-zoning submission was lodged to Cork County Council, which could see a "potential economic boom for Bandon as a result," said spokesman for the new company Bob Brandy.

The new company was formed by four local residents to specifically drive the new venture, which will hopefully see more and more tourists and residents visiting the county.

The application wants to land-zone a 22-acre field, close to the ruins of Bandon's Castlebernard House which was burned down during the War of Independence.

It is envisioned that this field will be the location of the proposed hotel, which Mr Brady says is well needed. The shopping village will then be located just across the way.

"We have just one hotel in Bandon right now. [The town] has been bypassed by the tourist industry, which is worth over €7bn to Ireland each year — yet the town hardly sees any of this,” said Bob.

“We are going to give people a reason to come here as a desirable tourism and shopping destination.”