Exhibition centre proposed for site west of Cork City

Plans have been lodged for a €30m indoor sport and exhibition centre west of Cork City as work continues to resolve State-aid funding issues blighting the city’s larger event centre project.

The Munster Agricultural Society (MAS) has applied to Cork County Council for planning permission for a “multi-purpose sports, exhibition and education facility” on a portion of their 48-acre Curraheen site, and home of the annual Cork Summer Show, just south of the N40 Ballincollig bypass.