A key landowner in Cork’s sprawling south docklands has backed O’Callaghan Properties’ €50m Albert Quay events centre project.

Cork’s city manager is under fire for calling a closed-doors meeting of councillors next week to discuss the selection criteria for the city’s first multimillion-euro conference centre.

Cork’s city manager has rejected criticism of the process being used to select the preferred developer of the city’s first multi-million euro events centre.