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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These can't come sooner, given the blatant red light running by people driving

Councillors to push for traffic cameras in Cork city to fine drivers for road violations

https://www.echolive.ie/corknews/arid-41555539.html

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News article and link below to a Cork City Council initiative seeking feedback on improvements to North Main Street focused on greening opportunities.

https://t.co/FvSRFfh8GV

https://www.corkbeo.ie/news/local-news/council-invites-people-say-say-30780877

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Very little illegal parking in town today .

The council's "parking enforcement is just for Christmas" approach seems to be working

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MacCurtain Street

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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