Cabinet to approve 2024 completion date for Cork Event Centre

Building work is expected to start on the project some time in the last three months of this year

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien will table a memorandum for approval by ministers which commits to the commencement of construction works later this year on the proposed 6,000 capacity venue on the city’s South Main Street.

The Cabinet will today approve a completion date of 2024 for the long-awaited Cork events centre, pledging €7 million to cover inflation and Covid delays, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien will table a memorandum for approval by ministers which commits to the commencement of construction works later this year on the proposed 6,000 capacity venue on the city’s South Main Street.