Cork street in the running for top urban award

Pedestrianisation, its diversity and vibrancy, and an outdoor summer dining event have helped Cork’s Oliver Plunkett St become the only Irish street to be shortlisted for a prestigious urban award.

The London-based Academy of Urbanism, an independent think-tank, which promotes the creation of great places to live, confirmed yesterday that the street is in the running for its Great Street 2016 award. It is up against Cairns St in Liverpool and Deptford High St in London.

Clodagh Daly, co-founder of the new Plunkett Quarter initiative, said they are delighted.