Reader's Blog: High rents, developers sucking soul out of Cork

I lived in Cork from 1999-2017 and I still have strong connections with the city, through music, work, and friends. I was 22 when I moved there, and though I didn’t intend to stay long-term, a force-field surrounds the city: It is comprised of good, creative, positive, welcoming people and it drew me in. I quickly realised that I had stumbled into the ideal urban environment in which to live.

Since 2005, when the City of Culture brought deserved international recognition, there has been a subtle but discernable change in Cork. Of course, the city was affected by the economic crash of 2008, but something else is being sacrificed.