Location

• Cork City has a combined metropolitan population of 200,000 persons and rises to over 500,000 persons within a 60km radius.
• Cork is set to become the fastest growing city in Ireland over the next 20 years with the population expected to almost treble under the combination of the National Development Plan 2040 and the Extension of the City boundaries.
• Cork has a combined full time and part time student population of over 30,000 with two major 3rd level institutions. UCC has been named Irish University of the Year on five separate occasions.
• St Patrick’s Street is Cork city’s premier retail thoroughfare and is home to a number of international and national retailers such as H&M, Tommy Hilfiger, Penneys, TK Maxx, M&S, and Brown Thomas.