The Monday Interview: Vision for the future of Cork City

The new president of the Cork Business Association is brimful of ideas on how to develop Cork, which he believes is on the cusp of great things, writes Pádraig Hoare

He’s a man brimming with ideas, gleaned from more than 30 years of experience working at the heart of business in Cork. Proprietor of the Shelbourne Bar in Cork’s MacCurtain Street, Co Mayo native Philip Gillivan is the new president of the Cork Business Association, taking the reins from fishmonger Pat O’Connell of the English Market.