Cork city businesses threaten to move due to buskers

Traders in the heart of Cork City have called on city chiefs to pull the plug on noisy buskers, and warned they will consider moving out of the city unless the issue is tackled.

Several business owners in the Cook St area said they have reached the end of their tether and called last night for urgent busking control measures, including a ban on amplifiers and the introduction of busking-free zones in the city’s main office districts.

Graphic designer Alison Burns, who runs Studio 10 on Cook St, said she is not anti-busker but said it has become almost impossible to run her business with the constant noise from street musicians.