Event centre build may not start until 2023

Five years after the sod-turning ceremony, talks are taking place among key players in an effort to move the long-stalled project forward

The site of the proposed Events Centre, off South Main Street, Cork: Building work has yet to start on the proposed 6,000-capacity venue five years since former taoiseach Enda Kenny turned the sod on the former Beamish and Crawford brewery site. Picture: Denis Minihane

It could be another two years before construction work starts on the beleaguered Cork event centre project.

The news emerged on the fifth anniversary of the project’s sod-turning ceremony on Friday amid confirmation that talks are continuing to inch the long-stalled process forward.