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The Venice of the North Rises Again
Well, I have to hand it to Cork City Council. After years of roadworks, diversions, temporary traffic lights, and that perpetual stretch of Patrick Street that looked like a minor archaeological dig, they’ve finally revealed the masterplan and it’s magnificent. They’ve ripped out th
https://odd.blog/2026/04/01/the-venice-of-the-north-rises-again/
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The Venice of the North Rises Again
Well, I have to hand it to Cork City Council. After years of roadworks, diversions, temporary traffic lights, and that perpetual stretch of Patrick Street that looked like a minor archaeological dig, they’ve finally revealed the masterplan and it’s magnificent. They’ve ripped out the tarmac entirely and restored the old channels of the River Lee that ran beneath the city centre for the past 240 years. St. Patrick Street is now navigable by motorboat, and Washington Street has a functioning canal service complete with what appears to be a narrowboat called the Oriel running a shuttle to the courthouse.
Parking signs have been replaced by mooring cleats. The 220 bus route now terminates at a floating pontoon outside Penneys. I’m told that Eason’s is doing a roaring trade in waterproof editions, and a new Dublin Bikes-style scheme called “Cork Canoes” launches next week, but knowing the council, the docking stations won’t be ready for another while yet.
In fairness, they’ve finally earned the title. Cork: the Venice of the North. Truly, the real capital at last.
Happy April Fools’ Day. These images were obviously generated using AI. Cork City Council has not, to my knowledge, flooded the city, but after some winters, nature has a good go at it herself.
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The new Bishop Lucey Park
I’m not a big fan of brown, and there’s a lot of brown in the new Bishop Lucey Park. I do really like what they did with the old wall. That’s the slightly rough-looking grass bit in the second picture of my gallery. The old park had this cut off from the public behind railings, with stagnant water collecting at the bottom. Now, it’s an area where people can sit on steps and walk around.
I love that the old entrance is still there and that they removed the railing running around the outside.
It’s disappointing to see that gravel was used so much. I imagine it has something to do with maintenance, but it would have been nice to see more grass. However, as it is now, there’s huge scope for holding open-air events there that aren’t beholden to the weather and wet grass.
It will look nice in the warmer months when leaves return to the trees. It was a missed opportunity to use more colour. What would a dash of colour do to the mood of the park?
I don’t hate it.
Look for it on Facebook and you’ll find nothing but complaints unfortunately: Echo Live 1, Cork City Parks Sport and Recreation, Cork City Council, Echo Live 2.
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A Bridge to Wandesford Quay
Cork’s newest bridge is a new pedestrian or cycle bridge that spans the River Lee from Wandesford Quay to Lambley’s Lane. You’d be forgiven if you’re not familiar with either area, as they aren’t exactly the most trafficked areas in the city.
If you’re curious, Lambley’s Lane is off to the side of the old Beamish & Crawford brewery, and the bridge is worth a look at night. Henry shared a photo of the bridge a couple of days ago. Thank you, Henry, for pointing out where it was. I had no idea.
If you look carefully, you can see all the way down Tuckey Street to Oliver Plunkett Street. During the day, you might even see down to Parnell Place, maybe?
Here’s the latest news from Cork City Council about the bridge and the newly reopened Bishop Lucey Park. Photos of that to come…
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#CorkCityCouncil is continuing its demonstration the pull of the #ConcordeFallacy on weak minds, continuing €18,000 pa to maintain resource-sapping #Robotrees.
#Glasgow ripped out their ineffective #CityTrees and planted 2 million real trees across 14 hectares https://www.newscientist.com/letter/mg24432520-100-it-isnt-necessarily-good-just-because-it-is-green/
#NorthMacedonia and the #Netherlands also abandoned their CityTree greenwashing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CityTrees
Council still trying to rustle up somebody to test #Cork's €400k '#robotrees' https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41395102.html
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How do #CorkCity's #RobotTrees use electricity and water? The energy consumption of a typical home in #Ireland, and the water consumption of 8 homes.
#CityTree / Robot Tree / #MossWall is an environmentally destructive scandal, inflicted by an incompetent #CorkCityCouncil.
Just plant #trees.
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@j_g_fitzgerald I still find shocking that they want to close the fab #MarinaMarket - one of the best things that came up in #Cork in the recent years! What's up with #CorkCityCouncil? 🤷🏻♂️
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30,000 signatures and counting!
Cork people and Cork lovers: please consider signing the petition to keep the fantastic Marina Market open.
The more people who sign the petition, the better our chances of being heard by Cork City Council.
https://petitions.sumofus.org/petitions/keep-marina-market-open #MarinaMarket #CorkCity #CorkCityCouncil #CorkLike #LoveCork #IrishTwitter #IrishMastodon #IrishMasto
