Watch: €405m funding announced for Cork docklands and city centre

The funding for Cork City is the largest allocation for a single local authority in the country. The city is set to be one of the fastest-growing in the country over the next 20-years

The funding for Cork City is the largest allocation for a single local authority in the country. The city is set to be one of the fastest-growing in the country over the next 20-years.

The regeneration of Cork’s city docklands has been given a major boost thanks to a €405m urban regeneration funding announcement by the government this morning, of which €50m will be spent on a facelift for the city centre.

The city is also poised to get a new central library as part of a €46m revamp of the Grand Parade, which will include a revamp of Bishop Lucey Park to create a new public space linking the Grand Parade and South Main St.