Youth centre group must raise €200,000

An east Cork group striving to build an €800,000 youth and community centre must raise €200,000 by May or risk losing the project.

Midleton My Place Ltd acquired the town’s former fire station at Mill Rd, but the full conversion cost must be guaranteed before vital funding can be drawn down.

The town council had purchased the site for €200,000 last year and will charge the firm a nominal rent.