€33m event and conference centre boost for city

CORK is finally poised, within two years, to get a €33 million event and conference centre.

Following years of false dawns, an exciting proposal from developers Howard Holdings for a multi-purpose venue — linked to a major hotel located in the heart of the city’s Docklands — has been selected as the favoured of four options pitched to the city council.

In an effort to secure the venue, city manager Joe Gavin recommended in April that the council intervene to drive the project forward.