D-day looming for beleaguered Cork event centre project

Construction inflation biggest threat to future of venture

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.

D-day is looming for the beleaguered Cork event centre project amid fears that construction inflation is now its biggest threat.

Detailed design work on the proposed 6,000-capacity city centre venue is due to be completed this month, triggering a 10-week costs verification process, it has emerged.