Campaign launched to keep Port of Cork building in public ownership

A campaign has been launched to keep one of Cork City’s most historic buildings — which is earmarked for sale — in public ownership to promote the city’s maritime heritage.

People have been urged to attend an ideas forum in the city tomorrow to help prepare a blueprint for possible future uses for the Port of Cork’s Custom House Quay building and adjoining Cork Bonded Warehouse structures.

The committee behind the campaign said they would like people to re-imagine the site’s future — as was done some 200 years ago when the old Custom House on Emmet Place became part of the complex which today houses the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery.