Cork City traders pin hopes on supports package as another car ban looms

Traders in Cork City say they hope a supports package worth at least €300,000 will help deliver the vibrant city everyone wants as the St Patrick’s Street car ban looms again.

Businessman Eddie Mullins, who was one of the most outspoken critics of the St Patrick’s Street bus lane project last March and among several traders briefed yesterday on the August 9 reboot proposal, said traders are still nervous about it.

“What happened in March and April is still very fresh in the mind and retail is still fragile,” he said.