Brewery site event centre ‘could draw 400,000 visitors’

One of the forerunners bidding to secure almost €16m in public funding to build a conference centre in Cork believe their ambitious project has the potential to support up to 1,200 jobs and attract 400,000 visitors.

The Heineken Ireland/BAM consortium released details last night revealing the full economic impact of their huge €150m Brewery Quarter regeneration project.

It came in the wake of the budget announcement that the Government is to provide a €10m sum to help deliver a conference centre for Cork.