Cork County on the Rise: People the priority in redesign of urban spaces

The Clonakilty 400 Masterplan puts people first, writes Giulia Vallone

A TYPICAL Irish market town consisted of a main road with two to three-storey buildings, some pubs, churches, a post office and shops with retail on the ground floor and living accommodation over the shop and a town square where the animal market fair took place once per month. The town was the vibrant gathering centre of its economic hinterland.