Fire-damaged Briery Gap may not re-open until 2019

One of the most iconic theatre venues in the south of the country may not re-open until December 2019.

Concerns have been raised about the period of time it will take to get the Briery Gap in Macroom, Co Cork, back up and running after a devastating fire which ripped through the building in May last year.

The public-owned building housed a theatre and public library and had undergone major refurbishment in 2013.