Cork city retailers must change for future, says developer

Cork City retailers need to tweak their offering to capitalise on the arrival of thousands of new workers, according to one of the developers leading the multimillion-euro regeneration of the docklands. John Cleary of JCD was speaking yesterday as US cybersecurity firm Forcepoint moved into its new centre of excellence, developed by JCD, at 85 South Mall — a building with capacity for 400 workers.

Mr Cleary, who spoke out last year in support of bus lanes in the city centre as part of wider measures to improve public transport, is also developing the huge Penrose Dock office campus for 2,500 workers. He said thousands more city jobs are in the pipeline.