Businesses back Brewery Quarter bid

Up to 200 business in Cork have signed up to a campaign to support the €150m redevelopment of the former Beamish and Crawford site into an events centre, according to the campaign organisers.

The Support the Brewery Quarter campaign says it has the backing of city centre shops and restaurants such as the Farmgate Café, the Cornstore restaurant, Casey’s Furniture, K O’Connell Fishmongers, and the Liberty Grill as well as Rev Nigel Dunne of St Fin Barre’s Cathedral.

Mike Ryan, of the Cornstore Restaurant, said: “The added footfall that the Brewery Quarter will bring to the city centre can’t be underestimated. We want to see Corkonians and visitors to our city walking through the heart of the city and spending time in our restaurants, shops and pubs.”