Changing cities: How Cork plans to rescue its city centre

Five-year strategy aims to have people back living and working in the city centre

Cork's main retail centre, Patrick's Street has lost a number of high-profile outlets due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Picture Dan Linehan

Cork City Council has begun work on an action plan to revitalise its city centre aiming to make it an attractive place to live and address the derelict and vacant premises which have increased due to Covid-19.

The city's retail centre on Patrick's Street has been significantly impacted by the pandemic with a number of high-profile departures this year including Debenhams, Monsoon and Accessorize.