Integration & Social Inclusion
Public Realm/Social Infrastructure
Safe City
Cork City Council will continue to promote innovative policies that include and support the diverse communities and migrants that live, work and study in the city. The Local Community Development Committees (LCDC) will continue to be facilitated in its role in developing the community elements of the Local Economic Community Policy (LECP) and the Council will continue to focus resources on the socially disadvantaged across the city.
Our public realm refers to the areas of our city to which the public has access. It includes streets, footpaths, parks, squares, bridges and public buildings and facilities. These public spaces give our city its character and also determine how inhabitants and visitors circulate, travel and interact within the town’s environs. The public realm therefore has a significant impact on how we function and on its attractiveness as a place in which to live and work, or as a destination for tourism and investment. We will push forward with its ambitious plans to develop our parks, greenways, public space progress plans for performance venues and pioneering use of public space.
Working with the Joint Policing Committee, our local businesses, officials and Gardaí to maximise security, safe streets and minimise crimes, we will continue to support the Community Safety Forum is a partnership between residents, An Garda Síochána and Cork City Council, to improve the local environment and to enhance local policing. We will also focus on connecting our city with the local neighbourhoods, traffic measures, street safety for pedestrians and cyclists, provide access to public transports and where possible use data to detect problem areas through our SMART city initiatives.
Major Emergency Management
Cork City Council has a strong Major Emergency Management tradition which has developed through experience of various Severe Weather events. It has a comprehensive Fire Service, Civil Defence and Major Emergency Management Team and a dedicated Local Coordination Centre in place to ensure that staff at all levels are aware of their responsibilities and that appropriate actions are initiated in a timely and effective manner. Working collaboratively with the designated Principal Response Agencies (the Health Service Executive and An Garda Síochána) is an integral part of this process which we aim to enhance and develop.
Engaging & Developing Communities
Critical Infrastructure
The voluntary and community sector is extremely active and animated in the city. In order to create a vibrant, sustainable and inclusive society, we will support and develop communities to be empowered to develop and sustain their own well-being. Cork City Civil Defence Volunteers will continue to support the work of Emergency Services and be involved in Community based events as required.
Our City relies on infrastructure (facilities, services and installations) needed for the functioning of our communities and industries i.e. everything from power and clean water, airports and motorways to electronic communications. It is a complex interconnected system incorporating critical elements, the loss or disruption of which, would have a major negative impact. Much of this Critical Infrastructure is managed by commercial and semi-state bodies. However, these critical infrastructural systems are heavily dependent on each other and disruption in one system can have a significant adverse effect on the other systems. We will work with all parties to ensure that there is a multi- departmental/agency approach to deal with the cross-cutting issues and build resilience into our critical infrastructure to reduce our vulnerability to hazards natural or otherwise.
Inclusive City
Festival & Events
Cork is a city of many communities. Community spirit is central to the Cork way of life, with hundreds of community groups active within the city. Cork City Council continually promotes a society inclusive of all, built on mutual respect, cultural understanding and equality. We do this by listening to and engaging with communities, representative community groups, statutory and non-statutory bodies and Non-Government Organisations (NGO’s) in Cork City. Cork City Council currently supports various interagency groups and actively pursues city wide designations such as WHO Healthy City, UNESCO Learning City, Age Friendly City, City of Sanctuary and Rainbow City Status.
Cork City Council supports and promotes a wide variety of festivals and events through the year. Using our public spaces, we bring social, cultural and economic benefits to the city with local, national and international visitors. We will work to ensure that any events delivered offer variety, are accessible, sustainable and most importantly enjoyable.
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