Docklands renewal report published after 2-year wait

A REPORT which urges the Government to spend more than €500,000 to kickstart one of the state’s biggest urban regeneration projects has finally been published — two years after its completion.

However, its recommendation that an agency be set up to oversee the €8 billion Cork Docklands project is unlikely to happen because of spending scandals associated with the Dublin Docklands Development Authority.

The Cork Docklands Development Forum, set up in 2007 to drive the regeneration, submitted its report to Government in July 2008 outlining how best the state could help.