Year in Review: Despite a pandemic, a variety of projects enhanced Cork city's liveability in 2021

Great strides in outdoor dining, the ongoing transformation of the city's quays, a new marina park  - 2021 saw lots of developments and 2022 is looking busy too 

Artist's impression of O'Callaghan Properties' plans for the South Docks

AS the shutters come down on 2021, it’s as good a time as any to take stock of what’s been happening in Cork city and it turns out there was quite a bit of momentum, despite a global pandemic. 

From the ongoing colourful rebirth of streets, to robot trees, to artful bike racks, purpose-built planters, increased street seating, improvements to greenways, new cycle lanes and the use of street art to  revitalise bland gable-ends, all manner of little projects have been working away in synergy to improve the city's liveability for its citizens, transforming dark corners from drab to fab.