Irish Examiner View: Cork City plan a step in the right direction

People-friendly streets the way forward

Princes St in Cork City has been pedestrianised to encourage alfresco eating as part of restaurants reopening after their closure due to Covid-19. Picture: Andy Gibson

Covid-19 has, and continues to be, a huge challenge for us all, but it has also galvanised people and institutions to find creative solutions not just to the problems it causes, but to looking at howand where we live in a new way. 

A good example of this is a programme unveiled yesterday by Cork City Council.