The Irish Examiner’s Michael Moynihan applied James and Deborah Fallows’s 11 signs of civic success to Cork in his August 20, 2020 editorial. He ends with the ‘big plans’ sign to show the need for the themes previously mentioned interact in order for a city to succeed.

The article concludes, “maybe Cork should get the Fallowses over to explore the city and draw their conclusions. If their two-seater plane is up to a transatlantic journey.”