Michael Moynihan: Time for a Leeside lido

Open-air swimming enthusiasts are calling for a lido on the River Lee in Cork city

Open-air swimming is now so fashionable I wondered if a city version was viable. Picture: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Is it really almost 35 years since the Lee Baths closed?

For the youngsters out there, this was an open-air swimming pool where the Kingsley Hotel now stands: it welcomed bathers for over 50 years until it closed in 1986, which means a couple of generations of Cork people have been deprived of the open-air swimming experience.