Don’t leave Cork in the lurch yet again

THE article by your correspondent Eoin English prompts me to say congratulations to Lockdown Model Agency in Cork who won the prize of the Peoples’ Choice Award for the country’s most influential model agency.

The part of the piece that caught my eye especially was that they were told five years ago, when they set up, that they had “no chance” unless they set up in Dublin. Well done.

However, it brought to mind the fact that the quay wall which caused so much destruction and suffering when it was breached by the River Lee over a year ago is still not repaired.

Also the bridge from Dunkettle over the Lee to Mahon/Blackrock is long-fingered. Also the new road from Mallow to Limerick is now long-fingered. But Metro North of course is to go ahead in Dublin.

One of the panellists on a recent TV debate said, “The world does not end at the Red Cow roundabout”. If the last government left Cork and the south in the lurch, will the new lot redress this imbalance? Or does the world really end at the Red Cow “Rind-a-bite”?

Joe Heffernan

Mallow

Co Cork