Council under fire over closed-door meeting on events centre

Cork’s city manager is under fire for calling a closed-doors meeting of councillors next week to discuss the selection criteria for the city’s first multimillion-euro conference centre.

Tim Lucey has invited councillors to attend an in-committee meeting in City Hall on Monday before the council’s regular public meeting. Media and members of the public will be excluded.

It is understood that just one item will be discussed — the selection criteria to pick the preferred developer of a multimillion-euro events centre in the city who will ultimately benefit from a €16m State-backed kickstart fund.