Plans launched for Cork event centre

Cork’s city manager has invited the private sector to pitch for public funding in a bid to secure the development of a large-scale events centre in the city.

Tim Lucey launched a competitive process last night which will see developers outline the level of public funding they need to bridge the ‘market failure’ gap to get the project off the ground. However, he declined to say how much money may be available.

Two previous attempts by the city to incentivise the private sector to build an events centre in Cork, including one in 2007 which offered around €8m, failed.