Michael Moynihan: Can Cork afford to not splash out on new swimming facilities?

The ideal would be to provide a community set-up, a place where the whole family can come together

Children splashing around at the Lee Baths, Carrigrohane Road, Cork in 1951. Picture: Irish Examiner Archive

It’s now two years since I rang Niall Kenny about his plan to get us all swimming in the Lee, and I thought it would be worth chasing him up again.

I have my reasons: for one, plans for a lido in the heart of Dublin city seem to be hardening into something approaching reality. Last week drawings of a facility planned for George’s Dock were released.