Facelift needed for Cork's 'tired looking' premier tourist town

Cork County Council officials have heard pleas from local public representatives who expressed concern that Kinsale, the southern gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way, is losing tourism and investment

Fine Gael councillor Kevin Murphy told a meeting of the Bandon/Kinsale Municipal District Council that he was 'a bit embarrassed' about the current state of his hometown. Picture: Denis Scannell

A plan is to be drawn up to improve traffic flow, streetscapes, footpaths, and to tackle dereliction in one of the south’s premier tourist towns amid concerns it is “looking tired.” 

Cork County Council officials are to draw up the plan in response to pleas from local public representatives who expressed concern that Kinsale, which is the southern gateway to the Wild Atlantic Way, is losing tourism and economic investment.