Cork County on the Rise: 2019 and onwards will see an enduring culture of pragmatism

In an age defined by seismic change, the ability to adapt, to innovate, to sustain, and to extend traditional expertise, skills, and crafts to remain relevant — socially, culturally, and commercially — is ever more important. Flux is the only constant, the capacity to embrace deep change ever more necessary. In a region on the very edge of Europe, those challenges take on a sharper meaning. Geography adds layers of complexity no longer pressing in communications-rich continental countries. They demand a level of engagement and energy; they demand an awareness of how change is reshaping certainties; they demand an understanding of how the nature of work is changing and how climate-collapse obligations have permanently moved the goalposts. The risk of ignoring these dynamics goes far, far beyond the commercial.

All of these issues are alive in Co Cork and today we focus on how some are managed, how others remain unresolved, while still others have yet to reach the priority list. Today’s review is Cork specific, but the issues are alive across the country, especially in areas tying to live in the shadow of all-consuming, Dublin-centric growth.