Conference centre ‘will be delivered’

TOURISM minister John O’Donoghue says a decision to award the contract to build the national conference centre will be made by next summer.

Mr O’Donoghue said a national conference centre in Dublin is vital for the tourism industry and he was committed to the 2005 deadline.

“Nobody should be in any doubt that this project will be delivered. There are real challenges, but they will be addressed and overcome as a priority,” he said yesterday.