The new Cork County Hall dominates the city skyline and is one foot taller than Liberty Hall in Dublin.

The new Cork County Hall, the tallest building in Ireland prompted a viewer to write to Newsbeat with an observation. The 17 storey office block home to the Cork County Council does not appear to have letterbox. The viewer wants to know if this was intentional or an oversight?

Cork County Hall was officially opened in April 1968. The architect was Patrick McSweeney, Cork County Architect and the building was constructed at a cost of approximately half a million pounds.

This episode of Newsbeat was broadcast on 28 June 1968.

A view of County Hall on the Carrigrohane Road, Cork, photographed for the RTÉ Guide in July 1978. The offices of Cork County Council are located here. County Hall was built in 1968; the two copper statues in the right foreground are by sculptor Oisín Kelly and were erected in 1969.
A view of County Hall on the Carrigrohane Road, Cork,
1978. County Hall was built in 1968 and the two copper statues by sculptor Oisín Kelly and were erected in 1969.
Photo by Eve Holmes.

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