Sky Garden row ‘won’t hit’ Fitzgerald Park numbers

The €2.3m regeneration of Cork’s landmark Fitzgerald Park will help attract more British tourists to Ireland.

The controversy associated with Diarmuid Gavin’s Chelsea Flower Show gold-medal winning Sky Garden — which will be incorporated into the park — will not affect Fáilte Ireland’s ability to market the scheme overseas.

The predictions were made yesterday as Cork City Council unveiled its vision for the Mardyke Gardens scheme — the single largest investment in the historic park in over a century.