JD Wetherspoon prepares for Cork opening

UK pub operator JD Wetherspoon will open its newest pub and first Irish venture outside the capital in Cork next week following a €3.65m investment.

The Linen Weaver pub will open its doors next Tuesday on the premises of the former Newport Bar in the city centre’s Paul Street Plaza, with the creation of 75 new jobs.

The pub will be spaced out over three floors with a rooftop terrace beer garden and two bars.