Anger at absence of tourism joint effort in Cork

A Government TD has criticised the pace of efforts to market Cork as a single tourist destination.

“Recently there have been attempts to do this,” said Fine Gael’s Jerry Buttimer, “but very little has been achieved.”

He was partly referring to the establishment last year of a entity to be known as Cork INC (Innovated, Networked, Connected). To be run under the joint auspices of Cork City and County Councils, it was envisaged the INC would show a unified commitment to achieving the most for the region in terms of tourism, visitors, investment, marketing, and economic development.