Cork events centre site to see more student accommodation

Planning permission has been granted for extra student accommodation on part of the former Beamish brewery site earmarked for Cork’s €65m events centre.

However, it is unclear if BAM Property intends to begin work soon or will have to await the outcome of a possible planning application for changes to the concert and conference venue.

Cork City Council’s decision gives the company approval to provide bed spaces for more than 400 students, in a change to the plans for which permission was originally granted as part of the overall project in late 2011.