Cork City at crossroads

The city is growing and changing, but unless the Government can ability to deliver their objectives, more urban sprawl awaits, writes Peter O’Flynn

The city is growing and changing, but unless the Government can deliver their objectives, more urban sprawl awaits, writes Peter O’Flynn

CORK City is in my blood. My mother grew up in Liberty Street, directly across from St Francis Church — between St Anthony Stores, where you could buy your penny sweets and religious memorabilia — and Dan Olden Butchers, who always kept the best cut of meat for my grandmother. My father lived halfway up St Patrick’s Hill, spending his time between Christian Brothers, keeping chickens in a small rear garden and buying single cigarettes in a small shop on MacCurtain Street (thankfully he stopped).