The time is ripe for Cork to be one of the leading sustainable cities in Europe, according to a world-renowned architectural expert.

Cork - a city full of history, culture and identity, and a city with so much more potential.

Cork is at a pivotal moment in its history and needs funding to be ring-fenced in order to bring certainty to long-mooted infrastructural projects.

Here's what people are saying about #CorkonTheRise.

Cork is a unique city at a moment of great change.

Some of the world’s top urban thinkers biked and walked around Cork yesterday to see how a “city on the rise” is poised to become the fastest growing region in Ireland — but decision-makers need to realise its value for the benefit of the whole country.

This is a great opportunity to see what’s happening in architecture in Ireland, says Rose Martin, and to have an input into the built environment.