A blueprint to bring Cork back to its former glory

As Christmas looms, all of us will have to think about ideas and ambitions for 2015. Cities, including Cork, should do the same.

If anything epitomises a sense that economic stability has returned to Cork, it is the site being developed next to City Hall.

On Saturday, walking past it, I imagined the 600 employees who will work in that building when complete. Alone, that project has the potential to turbo-boost business and social life in the city centre, because it will stimulate activity in shops, restaurants, and bars as the salaries from hundreds of workers recycle through the local economy.