€12m commitment to Cork’s event centre

The Government has an “absolute commitment” to providing €12m in funding towards Cork’s new event centre, a spokesperson for Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney said yesterday.

The confirmation of the funding comes a week after Arts Minister Heather Humphreys appeared to claim the grant towards the centre was €10m.

Ms Humphreys was replying to Fianna Fáil Cork South Central TD Michael McGrath, who had asked for the total amount of national funding allocated to the project.