Cork's "Sky Garden" to open next month
The controversial Mardyke Gardens scheme finally looks looks set to come to fruition. Plans to incorporate the Sky Garden into the city met a series of stumbling blocks over the past three years when relations broke down between it's designer Diarmuid Gavin and the City Council. However elements of the award-winning design which had been in storage are now set to be unveiled in May as part of a 2.3 million euro regeneration of Fitzgerald Park. Speaking to RedFM News Council spokesman Stephen Scully says he doesn't believe the controversy which followed the project will take away from the beauty of the new park: Press PLAY button above to listen to the audio
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