Cork centre may be overtaken by events

The withdrawal of a challenge to State funding for the Cork events centre clears the path for the project to proceed — but utterly changed circumstances mean it’s not going to be that simple, writes Kevin O’Neill
Cork centre may be overtaken by events
An artist’s impression of the proposed conference and events centre at the heart of the €150m Brewery Quarter regeneration project on the former Beamish and Crawford site

The withdrawal this week of a legal challenge against the €50m State funding package to help build the Cork event centre should remove the final hurdle in the way of the long-stalled project.

The latest step in the complicated development process has come at a time of economic uncertainty.

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