City Quarter defies critics

Tommy Barker views the €100 million City Quarter development.

WHEN Taoiseach Bertie Ahern launches the €100 million City Quarter development next week it will mark a turning point in Cork’s relationship to its docklands and riverside.

Confounding initial sceptics, the ambitious urban and quayside development has pushed the boat out in terms of vision, investment and realisation - and now it is about to pull the boats back in again, this time with a floating pontoon as well as the southern city’s first boardwalk.