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Michael Moynihan: Spruce-up to Cork’s main street is badly needed and long overdue

When this columnist strolled the length of St Patrick’s Street this Monday there were at least fifteen vacant premises along the street
Michael Moynihan: Spruce-up to Cork’s main street is badly needed and long overdue

Shoppers on St Patrick's Street viewed from St Patrick's Hill, Cork. Cork City Council is finally going to address the state of the main thoroughfare and other associated streets in a major renovation project. Picture: Larry Cummins

A couple of weeks back RTÉ’s Nationwide programme featured O’Connell Street in Dublin.

It was by way of a commemoration — one hundred years ago the name changed from Sackville Street to O’Connell Street, so it made sense to focus on the main street of the capital. Fair dues and all that.

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