Spike Island visitor centre contracts signed

Contracts have been signed for the fit-out of a new visitor centre on Cork Harbour’s Spike Island — Ireland’s version of Alcatraz — which is expected to attract up to 90,000 visitors annually within three years.

Cork County Council confirmed yesterday Spike Island Development Company, a fully owned subsidiary of the local authority, has awarded the interpretive and exhibition fit-out contract to Hadley Interiors Ltd, a specialist company.

A spokesperson for the development company said it was confident a planned completion date of June 2016 for phase 1 will be achieved.