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Covid-19 has required people and organisations across the world to embrace digital faster than ever. Cork City Council have had a ‘Digital Media Officer’ since December 2019, now the Local Authority has unveiled an ambitious 62-page ‘Digital Strategy’ An online citizen services portal, smart energy home testbed and extension of Cork city’s free public Wi-Fi offering are all actions contained in Cork city’s first digital strategy. Published today, 17th December 2020, Cork city’s digital strategy aspires to support citizens and businesses to realise the benefits of digitalisation...

tom@TheCork.ie Cork’s iconic Daly (Shakey Bridge) re-opened to the public today having undergone significant repair and restoration, funded by the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport (DTTAS) and the National Transport Authority (NTA). Pic: Brian Lougheed The heritage bridge was formally re-opened Thursday December 17 by the Lord Mayor, Cllr Joe Kavanagh in a small Covid-compliant ceremony at noon. The refurbishment and conservation works, which cost over €1.7 million, were undertaken to address serious corrosion and extensive damage to the 50.9 metre suspension bridge. This is the ...

Cork's Daly Bridge, which connects Sunday's Well in the city with the Mardyke, has reopened. The bridge, known locally as the Shakey Bridge, is a 51-metre, steel suspension bridge spanning the north channel of the River Lee. It has undergone a €1.7m restoration, which has taken more than a year. The bridge was first opened in 1927. It quickly became known as the 'Shakey Bridge' because of its famous wobble as pedestrians walked over it. Named after a local dairy merchant, Daly's Bridge was the biggest infrastructure project undertaken in Cork after the War of Independence. A structural r...

Newly published digital strategy for Cork city aims to support citizens and businesses Cork City Aerial Picture. Picture: Denis Scannell Breda Graham Cork city’s first digital strategy, which includes an online citizen services portal, smart energy home testbed and extension of the city’s free public WiFi, has been published. The digital strategy aspires to support citizens and businesses to realise the benefits of digitalisation and aims to make Cork a more connected, innovative and inclusive city. Co-created with city stakeholders, the vision will be delivered through a roadmap of digit...