Docklands project faces 12-month wait for tax incentives

THE Government has admitted it will be at least a year before any tax incentives are announced for the Cork Docklands project.

In what is understood were non-scripted remarks, Junior Minister Noel Ahern told the Dáil last week “many things need to be done locally first, the proposal can be improved and it may be considered next year”.

Fine Gael described his remarks as a “kick in the teeth” for the Cork region.