Michael Moynihan: We don’t have to ban tourists from the English Market — here’s why

The place was plódaithe from one end to the other with what seemed like half a dozen different touring groups

A large crowd at the English Market. The narrow walkways, which lend the market a natural intimacy for shoppers and stallholders, are not as well suited for visitors strolling slowly from one corner of the market to the other.

Good to see new Lord Mayor of Cork city Kieran McCarthy get going early on with an issue that’s literally at the heart of the city.

One of his first visits with the chain of office was to the English Market, and afterwards he told Eoin English of this parish: “The market is a civic space all Corkonians can be proud of and I know many Corkonians make weekly attempts to support the SMEs within the space. I am a regular punter there as well.”