Kerry-based hotel group accused of 'commercial ambush' on Cork event centre

The Kerry-based hotel group behind the last-minute legal challenge to the €50m state-funding package for Cork's event centre has been accused of lodging a “nasty, vexatious, commercial ambush” on the stalled project.

And there are fears that it could cost Cork City Council up to €500,000 to deal with the legal issues amid new concerns about the apparent lack of transparency around the process which led to the funding deal announced in early January.