€200k revamp for Cork's Electric Bar and Fish Restaurant

Four years after it opened in a bright blue blaze, and in the teeth of recession, Cork city centre’s Electric Bar and Fish Restaurant is to close its doors.

However, it’s just for three days, for a €200,000 revamp and freshening up in time for Valentine’s Day.

A builders’ crew headed up by Michael O’Shea — whose firm O’Shea’s built the then-innovative steel and concrete-framed South Mall structure in 1930 — goes on site on close of business at 11pm on Sunday, and will work around the clock until 5pm on Wednesday, says owner Ernest Cantillon.