St Patrick St car ban - Tentative first step is welcome

Cork city's council has spent no fewer than six years agreeing and then watering down plans to solve the traffic problems that blight St Patrick St.

Its grandly titled Cork City Centre Movement Strategy has moved — albeit not strategically — over the years from a proposal for a partial 12.30pm to 6.30pm private car ban to the even more partial 3pm to 6.30pm prohibition that began yesterday.