Seamus Coffey: Cork growth is picking up, investment needed

The economy of Cork and the South West is not growing as fast as Dublin, “but is growing nonetheless”, economist Seamus Coffey has told a business gathering.

Citing increased traffic flow in the city, the UCC economist and member of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council, warned however about a widening gap in infrastructure investment.

“What we have not done well in this country is to keep pace by investing in infrastructure, and not just in roads, but in water and education, in Cork, because of the growing population,” he told a PwC business conference.