Cork-San Francisco business links ‘will grow’ due to ties forged more than 30 years ago

Business links between Cork and San Francisco will continue to grow because the ties forged between the twin cities more than 30 years ago are even stronger now, the mayor of the Californian city has said.

Ed Lee was speaking at a business breakfast in Cork to celebrate the links between the cities, which twinned in 1984. Mr Lee said the cities shared a culture of IT and had “followed the same path economically” since the twinning agreement.

Mr Lee, who was accompanied by members of the business community in San Francisco for the meeting at the Kingsley Hotel, said that the IT industry in San Francisco had been bolstered by Cork talent.