Carrying on the theme from yesterday’s post, I’m amazed at the amount of land that’s available so near Cork city centre that is perfect for property development. Instead, all the development has been pushed outside the city meaning more traffic coming into the city in the morning. And I’m speaking from personal experience.

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Sheehan and Sullivan are situated very close to Suttons on Monaghan Road, a short stroll from the city centre.  Another derelict business site within a mile or two of the city centre; I’m amazed that this area hasn’t been totally redeveloped.  I wonder is it part of the docklands development plan which is supposed to transform the docks into plush apartments and business estates?

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Although coal is not so widely used in recent years, Suttons Coal on Monaghan Road is still open for business.  Suttons in Cork was acquired by Bord na Mona back in 1998 who “now imports and packages coal at six locations around the country namely; Foynes, Dublin, Cork, Dundalk, Sligo and Galway.”.  I didn’t think there was that much of a market left for coal!

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Low winter sunshine casting long shadows on pallets stacked in an area across the road from Kennedy Park.

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The Rehab Recycle centre on Monahan Road near Cork city.  From a Cork County Council pdf document:

Cork County Council also has a contract with REHAB to collect the glass presented at he recycling centres. REHAB unload the glass banks at their centre on Monahan road, in Cork City. From there, the glass is transported for reprocessing to cullet, from which new glass is made.

If, like me, you were wondering what cullet was, a quick Google found that it’s “recycled container glass (previously used for bottles, jars and other similar glass vessels) prior to processing” which doesn’t really make sense if you look at the explanation above?!  It also has another meaning though:

The term ‘cullet’ also refers, however, to waste glass produced as a result of breakage and rejection on quality control grounds during the manufacturing process.

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