From blackspot to hotspot: northside comes into its own

CORK’S northside — which has for decades been synonymous with unemployment and social depravation — is slowly undergoing a renaissance.

Nowhere was this more evident yesterday than just outside the Cunningham’s house in Farranree where hard proof of a multi-million euro city council-led investment package was clear for all to see.

The road by Na Piarsaigh GAA club, where two of the Cunningham boys tog out every weekend, was being resurfaced.