City Hall mulls new vision for Cork’s historic Coal Quay

Cork’s historic Coal Quay needs a new vision, City Hall has admitted, conceding that its original vision of creating a thriving market precinct “hasn’t been fully realised”.

The admission comes amid renewed calls for a masterplan or blueprint to guide the future development of the Coal Quay or Cornmarket Street area — the home of the city’s street-market tradition.

Traders on Cork’s Cornmarket St in 1937. Picture: ‘Irish Examiner’ archive