The Irish Times

Cork's city manager, Joe Gavin, has intervened to ensure that the English Market, the oldest continuous trading centre in the city, will retain the unique nature of its open stalls, known to Corkonians for almost 200 years. At issue was whether the stall design proposed by Marc O'Mahony, proprietor of the Organic Shop, meant the outlet would be an enclosed structure or an open one, in keeping with the philosophy of the market, an oasis of old world trading in a city of shopping malls and department stores.