Retailers ‘now ready to embrace car ban’

Retailers in Cork City who led opposition to the St Patrick’s Street car ban are ready to move beyond the controversy and embrace change, according to one of the organisers of a meeting tonight on the future of retail.

Michael Mulcahy, who heads up the Little Island business association, said several city centre retailers who were concerned about the impact of afternoon bus lanes on St Patrick’s Street felt their voice had not been heard during the debate on the so-called ‘Pana ban’.