New lease of life for historic building

CORK’S former archives building looks set to get a new lease of life as a theatre.

City manager Joe Gavin is preparing a report for councillors that will suggest the historic Chirstchurch building on South Main Street, next to Bishop Lucey Park, be handed over to the Triskel Arts Centre to manage it on behalf of the council.

It is expected the building, which closed last year when the archives transferred to a new hi-tech purpose-built facility in Blackpool, will be refurbished for use as a theatre and performance space.