Change of site ownership and time constraints - not traffic concerns - prompted Cork On Ice move to docklands, say promoters

A change of site ownership and time constraints - not traffic concerns - are behind the relocation of Cork on Ice to a new docklands venue this year, its promoters have insisted.

This is despite Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) expressing traffic concerns in its submission on a planning application from the owners of Mahon Point Shopping Centre, made in early September, for the temporary use of an overflow car park at Mahon Point - Cork on Ice's home for the last nine years - for the erection of a marquee for a seasonal event.