New events centre to be discussed at Cork CC meeting - Live updates here

CORK'S city manager has formally launched the selection process to determine who gets a €16m kick-start fund to secure the development of a multi-million euro events centre in the city with the issue to be discussed at tonight's bi-monthly council meeting. Our reporter Eoin English will be reporting from the event with his updates carried live in this report.

CITY manager Tim Lucey will tell councillors at tonight's bi-monthly council meeting that he published a Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the EU last Friday inviting expressions of interest from interested parties for inclusion in a list of parties to move forward to a competitive dialogue phase.

"The competitive dialogue phase will ultimately conclude with a procedure for the submission of final bids which then become the basis upon which a recommended product will emerge," Mr Lucey's report to councillors says.