Retendering of Cork event centre project described as 'utter farce'

The retendering of the entire Cork event centre project has been branded “an utter farce” despite assurances from the Tánaiste that it can and will happen.

It follows revelations in the Irish Examiner on Monday that the near €100m project, which had its sod turned in 2016 but where construction has yet to start, has to be retendered on legal advice almost a decade after the initial tender for state aid was awarded.

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