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Cork County Council Age Friendly Housing Competition

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Age Friendly Housing Scheme Competition

In the photo from left to right: Charlie McAllister (Cork County Age Friendly Ambassador), Liz Downes (Vice-Chair of the Cork Older People Council), runner up Darren O’Connor), Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins, winner Aoife Cowman, Liz Maddox (Chair of the Cork Older People Council), Niall Healy (Director of Services, Cork County Council)

Cork County Council and Cork Centre of Architectural Education (UCC & MTU) worked in partnership to run a competition where students design Age-Friendly Housing Schemes. This project was supported by the Cork County Age Friendly Programme. The Mayor of the County of Cork, Cllr. Danny Collins presented prizes to the winner Aoife Cowman and runner up Darren O’Connor in Cork County Hall on Monday 13th February 2023.

The housing projects were a collaboration with the Cork County Architects and the Cork Age Friendly Alliance who attended the key student design reviews.

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