Concerns for visitor centre in funding row

There are fears for the Cork Vision Centre amid a bitter row over its funding and future use.

The Cork Civic Trust, managing the city council-owned building as a free visitor attraction for the last 17 years, confirmed yesterday it is withdrawing from the management of the facility from December.

“This is an extremely regrettable decision, and is one which has been essentially forced on the trust,” its chief executive John X Miller and chairman Michael Mulcahy said.