Kieran’s Comments to the Chamber, Cork City Council Meeting, 6 December 2010, On the Beamish and Crawford site:

“We have a beautiful heritage stock. Here is a building, which was one of the engines of export trade at one time Cork, in western Europe. This building was one of the drivers in Ireland’s economy – a place of business, enterprise and creativity. There is a general feeling that in our time we are finding it difficult to harness those energies its memory, history, its cultural value, its very identity. I’m disappointed. As a city we seem to not to be able creative enough to bring 1,000s of tourists to this amazing historic quarter, who would all could add and stimulate the local economy. I am continuing my call for the protection and enhancement of this cultural heritage quarter. I am asking the planning department to continue to work closely with the owners of this site.”