There are several professionally-trained urbanists, including myself, within Cork who would be delighted to contribute to the ongoing strategic planning for Cork.
That's an amazing resource for the City to have: people who choose to live in Cork, invest their future here, and are willing to share their expertise to make Cork a more liveable city.
We strongly encourage Cork City Council to work with us, and bring in expertise for difficult challenges as well as for general development.
The city council should convene an expert panel of urbanists to help develop its strategy and its schemes.
There's a lot of professional expertise in Cork, outside the City Council's transport and planning departments. Those departments' effectiveness and value for money can be enhanced by tapping into the expertise outside the council.