Cork City Council is planning to totally revamp Bishop Lucey Park, removing the walls and gates to turn it from a traditional park into a city plaza. Picture: Denis ScannellProposal to remove walls and railings from Bishop Lucey ParkCITY Hall is to unveil plans to revamp Bishop Lucey Park in the coming months. The park, which opened in 1985, could be reimagined as a wide-open city plaza, with the walls and gates removed. Officials at the city's parks department are currently in the process of drawing up plans to revamp the enclosed city park, which has become a magnet for antisocial behaviour in recent years. "It is a traditional type of city park; it is walled, enclosed and locked in the evening, limiting access.

Source: Evening echo February 13, 2018 11:26 UTC