Cork could become the hipster capital of Ireland

You may scoff at their tight jeans and waistcoats, waxed beards and analysis of craft beers and coffees, but hipsters could help trigger regeneration in Irish cities.

And Cork could become the hipster capital of Ireland if it embraces the ideas of one of America’s leading experts in urbanism.

Christoph Lindner, the Dean of the College of Design, and director of the Slow Lab, at the University of Oregon on the US west coast, is set to deliver the first in a series of talks next week designed to encourage Cork to consider its future.