Cork towns can be blueprint for regional rejuvenation
The fate and fortune of small towns and villages in Ireland will be a defining feature of our country’s future. If they can be developed as economic hubs that support communities and jobs it will help balance the evolution of the Irish economy between large cities and rural areas.
If they fail, then we will be left with a lop-sided society containing crammed cities while the rural economy bleeds. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis back in 2008 Irish towns and villages were savaged.
