€150m project gets go-ahead at Beamish site

AN BORD Pleanála has given the green light for a €150 million development, including a 6,000-seat event centre, on the site of Ireland’s oldest brewery in Cork city.

The planning appeals board backed Cork City Council’s decision to grant permission for the Heineken Ireland/BAM Property joint project at the Beamish and Crawford site. It has imposed 24 conditions.

The National Conservation and Heritage Group, which opposed the development, has said it will appeal the decision to the European Parliament.