Plans for a new taskforce for Cork City will be brought to the Government in the early weeks of next year, according to the Taoiseach. It is expected that the initiative will be similar to a taskforce set up in Dublin in May 2024. "We now have a good foundation with the docklands and all that, but also we now have the living city initiative being greatly expanded in the budget.”The living city initiative is focused on the regeneration of retail and commercial districts in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Kilkenny, Limerick, and Waterford. The programme for government outlined that the taskforce model in Dublin will be applied to “other cities, towns, and regions in need of revitalisation, starting with a taskforce for Cork City which will launch shortly”. The city council had been doing work with UCC and others in terms of reimagining the city centre — in particular the core of the city," he said.

Source: Irish Examiner December 23, 2025 07:00 UTC