National conference centre to be built by 2007, says O’Donoghue

DUBLIN’S long-awaited national conference centre could be built as early as 2007, according to Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue.

The minister yesterday announced the decision to put construction of a 2,000-seat conference centre in Dublin out to public tender.

Under the plan, the State will lease the building in return for the private sector funding its construction.