Work installing Sky Garden to begin next year

Work installing the controversial Sky Garden in Cork is set to begin next February with plans for a gala opening as part of The Gathering.

City manager Tim Lucey confirmed last night that the design and layout for all elements of the garden’s inclusion in the Mardyke Garden project — the revamp of the city’s Fitzgerald’s Park — have been finalised.

Landscape consultants overseeing the park’s revamp have recommended some location changes for some elements of the project, Mr Lucey told councillors last night.