Cork City Developments: City dares to dream big after decade of neglect

€500m in developments will rejuvenate city but planning is key, writes Eoin English

It was described as one of the most positive meetings in Cork City in 25 years.

And as details of an estimated €500m worth of strategic development projects under way or in the pipeline for the core city centre area were outlined — projects which have the potential to deliver hundreds of construction jobs in the short term and thousands of office jobs in the long-term — it was hard to argue with that.