Ten new 'parklets' to be installed in Cork City parking spaces

Erin O'Brien, Cork City Centre Coordinator, Siobhan Keogh Architect, Fergus Sommers of Bench Space and Justine Looney Chair of Douglas Street Business Association and Cork Flower Studio to celebrate the first anniversary of the ‘People’s Parklet’ on Douglas Street in Cork City.  Picture: Clare Keogh  

Ten new parklets are to be installed in parking spaces around Cork city.

Cork City Council has now invited applications from ‘parklet partners’ to come forward and adapt the installations which convert parking spaces into outdoor seating areas with planting.