Pressure mounting over Cork event centre

Pressure is mounting on Cork’s city officials to hold a briefing from developers on the stalled €50m events centre project in public.

It follows confirmation the developers of the 6,000-seat venue on the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site are to be invited to brief councillors behind closed doors because of ongoing commercial sensitivities linked to funding elements of scheme.

Delays to construction have been blamed on work between developers BAM, and entertainment giants, Live Nation, on detailed designs of the venue to ensure it meets the exacting criteria for modern event centres.