Work to clear site for €4.5m West Cork arts centre to begin next week

DEMOLITION work is due to start next week to clear a site for West Cork’s new €4.5 million arts centre.

Contractors will knock Skibbereen’s landmark Wolfe’s Bakery building in the town centre, marking the first phase of the “enabling works” for the construction of the new building for the West Cork Arts Centre (WCAC).

The wall linking the site, situated off Townshend Street, to the Caol Stream, will be demolished and a temporary access bridge will be installed to facilitate the entry of machinery on to the site.