€60m Páirc Uí Chaoimh revamp to proceed

Detailed design talks on ambitious plans for a€60m revamp of Páirc Uí Chaoimh in Cork are set to begin within days after the city’s councillors approved a masterplan for a massive public park last night.

City manager Tim Lucey said he will now begin work on detailed designs for the first phase of the proposed Marina Park — an 85-acre Phoenix Park-style amenity in the city’s docklands which will wrap around the southern side of the stadium — focusing on the former Showgrounds site in Ballintemple.

He said the Cork County Board is poised to begin formal pre-planning talks with city planners this week on their stadium regeneration plans.