Special report: Developers battle it out for event centre funding

RIVAL developers competing to build Cork’s first indoor events and conference centre have launched an intensive lobbying campaign ahead of a review to determine who should get a €16m state support package.

It has led to calls last night for full transparency in the process which will ultimately lead to one of the projects getting the financial kick-start.

Fine Gael Cllr John Buttimer called for all and any conflicts or potential conflicts of interests to be declared before the review starts to ensure the entire process is “above reproach”.