Council to spend €80k on developing strategy for arts and cultural facility in Cork city

The project will aim to identify a site or sites for art facilities, and how much they may cost

Cork City Council expects the project to be completed in September. File picture: David Creedon / Anzenberger

Cork City Council is set to spend up to €80,000 on developing a new strategy to help make Cork “a city where artists can live and work”.

It will commission a new project to undertake a needs assessment and capital project identification for the development of a new arts and cultural facility in Cork city. Recent consultations identified “strong and consistent calls for more spaces for art in the city and particular issues around the availability of workspaces”.