Public ownership an option in bid to save city’s only arthouse cinema

THE option of public ownership is among the possibilities being considered by campaigners lobbying to save the future of Cork’s only arthouse cinema.

The 188-seater Kino Cinema in Washington Street, Cork city, which has debts in the region of €50,000 arising from a redevelopment project which fell through, is set to close on November 29 unless a rescue plan can be found.

Yesterday owner of the cinema, Mick Hannigan, said a working group had been set up to look at options for the cinema’s future.