‘Events centre key to reviving Cork city centre’

An events centre in the heart of Cork City could play a major role in any strategy to revive the city centre, a planning expert has said.

Will Brady, a lecturer based at UCC’s Centre for Planning Education and Research, makes his comments in an article in today’s Irish Examiner as news emerged that the site selection process, which will asses rival events centre projects vying for a €16m kick-start fund, is set to begin shortly.

“We know that the city council are concerned about the performance of the city centre, with some worrying pockets of vacancy and dereliction emerging in key locations,” Mr Brady said.