Revamped Fitzgerald Park opens to public but Diarmuid Gavin ’not invited’

Bright, fun, futuristic and a little fantastic — just what the man who gave Fitzgerald Park its name would have appreciated.

Cork’s favourite civic amenity has undergone a spectacular redevelopment through the addition of Mardyke Gardens, unveiled yesterday by the Lord Mayor of Cork, Catherine Clancy.

All the great and the good were invited or, at least, almost all. Missing was Diarmuid Gavin, the man who designed the Sky Garden pod that won a gold medal at Chelsea Flower Show. It is now the stunning centrepiece of a revamped and re-imagined Fitzgerald Park.