Free parking to entice Cork shoppers

SHOPS in Cork city centre which do not normally open late on Thursdays and Fridays are being urged to do so to take advantage of free parking being introduced next month.

Cork City Council has decided to provide free spaces in its Paul St multi-storey carpark on both nights through next month from 6.30pm to midnight.

Cork Business Association (CBA) chief executive, Donal Healy, said that shops which did not traditionally open on late nights could benefit by doing so and would in turn provide more variety to shoppers.