Council meeting on events centre ruled out despite councillors’

An emergency council meeting on the Cork event centre saga has been ruled out, despite mounting criticism from independent councillors, furious about being kept in the dark on the tender process.

Deputy Lord Mayor Ken O’Flynn, a Fianna Fáil councillor, hit back at the criticisms yesterday and rejected calls for an emergency meeting to discuss the launch of a second tender.

“The lord mayor’s office will not be calling such a meeting,” he said.