One of Ireland's longest-established shopping centres bounced back after a devastating fire and is now expected to be sold for around €23m

The Marina Market has worked well as a social space in the city and, rather than closing it, we should address safety issues and work to keep it open, writes Catherine Conlon

The petition won’t change the planning decision, but it is a sign of the enormous public support for the market, its setting and its ethos

Firm behind the indoor food emporium likely to appeal city’s planning refusal

“I don’t think there will be public outcry [if it closed], but there will be pushback. People will be disappointed if it does go.” 

Sources at the market say that while that process is ongoing, there will be no change to the operation of Marina Market

It is understood market management and council officials are in discussions after planners turned down an application from the company that runs the popular Marina Market.

Set up in September 2020, during the pandemic, the popular market is on the site of the former Southern Fruits Distribution Company Warehouse, Centre Park Road and Kennedy Quay, Cork City

Marina Market has become firmly established in just two years, writes Olivia Kelleher

If the only people who can afford to be artists are those with the independent financial resources or family money, then our notions of art become narrower