Despite being Ireland’s second oldest shopping centre, agents say the property is like brand new after being completely refurbished following a fire in 2019.

Douglas Shopping Centre celebrated the vitality of the complex, two years on from the fire that closed the premises for 14 months.

A High Court judge has made directions aimed at ensuring liability issues in two separate cases arising from a major fire at Douglas Village shopping centre in Cork should be decided in a “structured and cost efficient way”.

MEMBERS of Cork City Fire Service are tackling a fire in Douglas. The fire broke out in a house at around 5pm, prompting a number of calls to the fire service from members of the public who saw smoke in the area.

Douglas Library is on course to reopen later this week and will be transformed in terms of “design and enhanced services” when it does.

IT’S been a year since the devastating fire at Douglas Village Shopping Centre’s car park and, despite the additional setback posed by Covid-19, the centre is now “on course” to reopen before the end of the year.

TRADERS have extended a cautious welcome to the news that the Douglas Shopping Centre is set to reopen on November 12. The centre closed last August after the building went up in flames after a car in the car park ignited.

THE latest images from Douglas Village Shopping Centre show the work to rebuild and restore the centre following last year’s fire is at an advanced stage.

ON-street parking in Douglas is set to remain free for one hour for at least the next few months. Cork City Council has been running various parking promotions in the village since a devastating fire at Douglas Village Shopping Centre last year.

The post office is located in a new stand-alone premises located in the Douglas Court Shopping Centre, which is 100 yards away from the former premises.

TRADERS at the fire-damaged Douglas Village Shopping Centre traders have been asked to return the keys to their retail units as works continue on the massive rebuilding project.

NEW images of the fire-ravaged Douglas Village Shopping Centre show that at least one vehicle remains inside the burnt out multi-storey car park.

FREE parking for two hours in Douglas is set to remain in place until January 20.

TRADERS from the fire-damaged Douglas Village Shopping Centre are expecting an update from the owners on demolition work in mid-January. Demolition works began at Douglas Village Shopping Centre in mid-November after heavy machinery moved on site.

Traders from the fire-damaged Douglas Village Shopping Centre are expecting an update from the owners on demolition work in mid-January. Demolition works began at Douglas Village Shopping Centre last month after heavy machinery moved on site.

CITY Hall is still not aware of the reasons why a now-closed road running between Douglas Village Shopping centre and the South Ring Road was not taken in charge from a developer following its completion.

CONTRACTORS have started work to erect a screen on one of the country’s busiest sections of road in order to stop motorists rubbernecking to catch a glimpse of Douglas Village Shopping Centre being demolished.

Cork motorists are creating a dangerous situation by slowing down on one of the country's busiest roads.

A CHRISTMAS parade is being organised to raise spirits in the community following the devastating Douglas car park fire. Marie Piper is at the helm of the initiative celebrating all that is great about Douglas taking place on December 1 at 2pm.

Cork city firefighters were combatting a fire at a building in the city centre this evening. Emergency services were alerted to a fire at a building off Grand Parade at around 5. 30pm.

Demolition machinery is on site at Douglas Village Shopping Centre with the long-awaited demolition job set to begin in the coming days. Loftus Demolition is undertaking preparatory work today with full demolition expected to begin this week.

Two hours of free parking has come into effect in Douglas and will continue until the New Year to help traders in the area recovering from the shopping centre fire.

Another establishment affected by the Douglas fire has reopened in new premises.  J.

Parking measures that have been introduced in Douglas Village since a devastating fire earlier this year are expected to reduce Cork City Council’s income from parking by around €80,000, officials have revealed.

DOUGLAS is slowly but surely rebuilding itself after the devastating fire in the car park of Douglas Village Shopping Centre in August.

IT was good news for Douglas Village on Friday as two businesses in the area managed to re-open.

Traders from Douglas Village Shopping Centre are seeking an urgent meeting with centre management and owners over concerns regarding insurance payments.

A Douglas based pharmacy that was left devastated by the recent shopping centre fire is to reopen in the village tomorrow morning.

A NUMBER of traders from the fire-damaged Douglas Village Shopping Centre are hoping to open prefab stores on the nearby Douglas Woollen Mills site.

A MAIN traffic route to the South Ring Road at Douglas village could remain closed for months as works continue on the fire-damaged shopping centre car park.

AN AUDIT of empty retail spaces in Douglas has been carried out as traders at Douglas Village Shopping centre were told it will be at least 10 months before they can move back in following a devastating fire.

THE owner of Douglas Village Shopping Centre, which suffered a devastating fire in recent weeks, has spoken about the large-scale demolition and rebuilding project that lies ahead.

The announcement was made in a Facebook Post last night when the organisers confirmed the news that traders will set up in the green area between the cinema and McDonald’s.

All cars have been removed from the Douglas Village Shopping Centre car park except those that are in the “demolition zone”, management has confirmed.

One hour of free parking is to be made available in Douglas as part of a Cork City Council special promotion following the recent car park fire.

Organisers of the Douglas Farmers Market cancel the event due to issues relating to the fire at the Shopping Centre last weekend.

FRUSTRATED traders at Douglas Village Shopping Centre received “no real answers” to their predicament at a meeting with City Hall officials and some shop owners have confirmed they’ve already begun to lay off staff.

Traders in Douglas Village Shopping Centre received “no real answers” to their predicament at a meeting with City Hall officials on Thursday morning.

A Douglas based pharmacy that has been closed since last Saturday's fire has been delivering medication to its patients in need.

A Cork woman was left scrambling after the Douglas Village Shopping Centre fire left some of her wedding plans in disarray just days before the big day.

HUNDREDS of thousands of euros worth of meat and food will be left to rot inside Douglas Village Shopping Centre while demolition works are ongoing.

Calls have been made for private business owners in Douglas to apply common sense and leniency with regards to clamping in the area following Saturday’s fire.

The closure of the Douglas Shopping Centre and the uncertain future for traders has brought back memories of the 2012 flood which caused huge damage to the village and destroyed the ground floor of the shopping centre.

The first cars stuck in the fire-damaged multi-storey car park in Douglas Village Shopping Centre have been removed by crane from the car park roof today. {element}The Centre's management estimate this could take up to seven days.

DEMOLITION works on Douglas Village Shopping Centre will begin next week as management seek to establish how soon the centre can reopen.

A woman who was on the first storey of Douglas Village Shopping Centre's car park when a car caught fire has said it was like a "nightmare.

A Douglas Village trader has told The Echo that he fears the shopping centre could be closed for weeks after a fire broke out on Saturday evening, causing severe damage to the car park and dozens of cars.

A car dealership group in Cork are offering the use of a car to people who are without their vehicles because of the fire in Douglas Village Shopping Centre's multi-storey car park.

Uncertainty remains over the possible reopening of the Douglas Village Shopping Centre as well as the return of around 170 cars to their owners following a blaze on Saturday evening.A fire broke out at the shopping centre at around 6.45pm on ...

A small car fire in a Cork car park quickly became a blaze that engulfed 60 cars and left around 50 completely burnt out.The blaze broke out at around 6.45pm on Saturday evening on the first floor of the multi-storey car park in Douglas Village ...