Cork City gets €4.7m Covid package for local projects

Some €4.7m has been allocated to Cork City Council under a post-Covid funding package, with the Barrack Street brass and reed band among the groups to benefit

Cork City Council can now provide financial assistance to the Barrack Street Band to help it relocate to the former Redmonds GAA club building on Tower St, off Barrack St. Picture: Denis Minihane

A famous Cork marching band that has been entertaining the city for almost 200 years is set to get a permanent home thanks to a post-Covid Government compensation package for local authorities.

The Barrack Street Band, which was founded in 1837, is one of many groups that will benefit from the €4.7m allocated to Cork City Council to help shore up its finances after the pandemic.