Demand for park-and-ride sites before events centre opens

The lord mayor of Cork has called for the development of a necklace of park-and-ride facilities on the outskirts of the city before a €54m events centre opens in the city centre.

Mary Shields said the time for talking about developing a network of out-of-city car parks is over, and that it was now time for the council to deliver.

Developing such a network would ensure the city will escape chronic congestion during major events at the 6,000-seat capacity venue which is due to be developed on the former Beamish and Crawford site on South Main St, said Ms Shields.