Comment: Cork must be seen as being back in business, safe and welcoming

A post-Covid reimagining means plans have to be in place that will ‘open’ the city, writes Cork City Council chief executive Ann Doherty

Dining al fresco at the Coal Quay, Cork. Picture Dan Linehan

The speed with which old certainties have been swept aside remains one of the most enduring shocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Seemingly overnight, fundamental changes to our lives occurred and continue to emerge across the whole spectrum of public health, public services, social interaction and economic activity.