PJ Hegarty was contracted to construct a new printing facility for the Irish Examiner, to house a new state-of-the-art press with increased printing capacity. The new facility was built over a period of 46 weeks at Mahon Point, at the junction of the Southern Ring Road and the Mahon Link Road, 5km from Cork city centre. Numerous titles are printed at the plant, including the Irish Examiner, the Sunday Business Post, the Evening Echo and other regional titles.
The facility was constructed with a structural steel and concrete frame with an external façade using a single skim insulated cladding system. The new plant has a total floor area of 4,030 m², and comprises a press hall, mail room, newspaper reel storage, control room, plant rooms, offices and staff amenities.
The development’s most striking feature is the press hall — an 18m, five-storey steel structure.
