€1.5m of public money spent on Cork event centre without a single brick being laid

Most of the money spent on legal and management consultancy fees, with two firms alone accounting for almost €1m.

Enda Kenny, second right, turned the sod on the former Beamish and Crawford site in Cork in February 2016 but construction work has yet to start on the events centre.

Almost €1.5m of public money has been spent on the long-stalled Cork event centre project since 2014 without a single brick being laid.

Most of the money has been spent on legal and management consultancy fees, with two firms alone accounting for almost €1m of the spend.