There has been a cautious welcome to the Taoiseach’s confirmation of “state funding certainty” to finally deliver the stalled €80m Cork event centre.

Despite the fact work has not yet started on the events venue, the key players insist the project will eventually reach fruition, writes Eoin English

The government is working on a solution to kickstart construction on the stalled Cork event centre, the Taoiseach has insisted.

On February 7 this year, Cork’s Historical & Archaeological Society held a lecture in Crawford Art Gallery at 8pm.

Key legal advice is expected within days to determine if the State can plough another €10m into the Events Centre project in Cork.

Cork City Council has turned down plans to add 40 bedrooms to a student accommodation development already under construction at a city centre former brewery site.

Building works on the stalled Cork events centre are unlikely to start this year, following confirmation that funding talks are continuing and a new planning process will not start for another two months.

More than €600,000 of taxpayers’ money has been spent on the controversial Cork event centre project ever before a brick is laid.

The success of the Ed Sheeran concerts in Cork, which were worth an estimated €60m to the local economy, has given the city a taste of what an events centre could deliver, business leaders said yesterday.

Cork’s city planners will consider purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) projects on a case-by-case basis rather than blocking them in certain areas.

A ‘funding gap’ still hangs over the stalled Cork event centre project despite assurances two months ago that a deal was imminent.

Wooden floors uncovered by excavation work on South Main Street suggests urban planning arrived in Cork earlier than we thought, writes Niall Murray.

There have been renewed calls for Cork’s stalled €72m events centre project to be scrapped following confirmation that an alternative could be built within weeks for a fraction of the cost.

Concerns have been expressed about a scaling back of heritage space in a landmark building earmarked for regeneration on a site in the medieval heart of Cork.

No minutes exist of the only meeting held between Department of Culture officials and Cork City Council on funding for the long-delayed events centre, the department has revealed.

Cork city does not need European funding to bankroll development, with some €365m worth of private sector projects underway in the city, writes Eoin English.  

A massive clean-up operation is under way across Cork City after Ophelia left a trail of destruction.

The future of Cork’s 6,000-seat events centre is hanging by a thread after its joint development partners were given a funding ultimatum.

THE two Irelands met a few hundred yards from each other near the South Main Street, Cork last night, where a 1,000-year-old Viking weaver’s sword was recently discovered by archaeologists at the historic site of the former Beamish and Crawford brewery.

Fresh concerns have been raised about Cork’s stalled events centre following confirmation that legal advice, linked to a request for an extra €18m in state aid, has been sought.

City officials have defended their handling of the Cork event centre saga which has been hit by more delays and new fears about soaring costs.

Cork has broken into the top 100 European conference destinations for the first time.

There have been calls for a halt on the development of student accommodation in residential areas of Cork City until a coherent planning policy on such projects is adopted.

The Government will not write a blank cheque for the developers of Cork’s 6,000-seat events centre who have requested an extra €18m in state funding — almost double what has been sanctioned.

Age should be no barrier to living an adventurous and full life, especially if you have the time after retirement, writes Caroline Allen

Owners of two of Cork’s best-known nightclubs have lodged appeals against a decision to grant planning for student apartments on the former Beamish and Crawford site.

The developers of Cork’s stalled event centre may have to apply for new planning permission after it emerged that they need to build a bigger venue.

Fianna Fáil has called for a full and open briefing on the controversial Cork events centre project before another cent of public money is pumped into it.

A decision on the modifications proposed to part of the Brewery Quarter events centre complex in Cork’s inner city is due within weeks.

The Government could be asked to cough up another €10m in State funding to save the stalled Cork event centre project from collapse.

One of Ireland's most successful property developers, Owen O'Callaghan, has died, writes Eoin English of the Irish Examiner.

The developers behind Cork’s stalled €53m events centre have insisted they are totally committed to the project, which they say has now reached a critical point.

Plans to build apartments for nearly 200 students near University College Cork have been approved.

As it is the last week of 2016 I’ve taken my glass half-full tablets for this final column of the year.

Design delays on the stalled €53m Cork events centre means it is unlikely to be open in 2018, as predicted at the sod turning in February.

The publication of a timetable for the delivery of Cork’s stalled €53m events centre is now being considered in a bid to restore public faith in the project.

Demolition work on the site of Cork’s proposed €53m events and conference centre is expected to begin after Easter.

The chief executive of Cork City Council has reported significant progress in talks designed to deliver the city’s first major events centre.

A senior government minister has warned that a €20m taxpayer-funded kickstart package for Cork’s proposed events centre will not be on the table forever.

The government minister who has pledged to deliver a multimillion-euro events centre for Cork has urged people to be patient amid growing concerns over the apparent lack of progress on the project.

The early success of Cork’s soon-to-be largest office block will spur the commercial property market into life and help alleviate key infrastructural shortcomings in the city, according to a leading consultancy firm.

Tommy Barker on reasons you’ll be glad of this top floor two-bed pad.