WHO delegation visits Cork to see biodiversity projects 

Cllr Tony FItzgerald along with World Health Organisation members Philip Chvatal, Czech Republic; Kira Fortune, WHO director; Maria Young, Greenspaces; Yannick Nadesan, France; Ingvill Dalseg, Norway; Tsering Kalde and Denise Cahill of Cork Healthy Cities, during their visit to the community garden in Clashduv Park, Cork. Pictures: David Keane.

A World Health Organisation (WHO) delegation visited Cork on Friday to see how its pioneering ‘healthy cities’ projects could be replicated across Europe.

The WHO’s healthy cities political committee met in City Hall, with representatives from France, the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Greece, Spain, the UK, and Norway, before visiting the city’s newest community garden and biodiversity haven.