Portland is a symbol of hipster culture... Cork has the ingredients to embrace such thinking, without forgetting to adopt a pragmatic and commercial approach, writes Joe Gill. Those trips took me to a variety of locations, but one of the most intriguing was Portland, in Oregon. Portland is in the news because of a presentation by a US academic, Chistoph Lindner, who was speaking about options for the future of Cork. Cork has all the ingredients to embrace such thinking, without forgetting to adopt a pragmatic and commercial approach to its future. The city needs to set out a guide for any project it decides to take on in the next decade.

Source: Irish Examiner January 31, 2018 00:00 UTC