Cork is a business hub waiting to be realised

Over recent weeks San Francisco has been experiencing something that may have resonance for Ireland, and in particular Cork.

It hooks together themes around technology, property and the seizing of an opportunity.

The San Francisco fracas has developed because employees of high-profile technology companies have taken up residence in the city centre. They have absorbed residential housing and pushed up rents while on a daily basis they are bussed in thousands to IT campuses outside the city. This is causing tensions with existing city residents and has led to a series of protests, stoppages and angry confrontations with the bus commuting cohort.