Final designs for Cork event centre raise hopes the project will be completed

The development has been beset by delays caused by planning, redesigns, requests for further state funding, and the pandemic

In what is the single most significant development in this long-running saga in years, documents submitted to city planners show that detailed design work has been completed on the proposed 6,000-capacity Cork event centre, which saw its sod turned in February 2016.

The consortium behind the long-stalled Cork event centre has submitted a raft of new detailed final design documents to city planners, fuelling hopes that the project could still be delivered.

In what is the single most significant development in this long-running saga in years, the documents show that detailed design work has finally been completed on the proposed 6,000-capacity centre, which saw its sod turned in February 2016. They ask for confirmation that the designs are in compliance with a number of key planning conditions to allow them to begin pricing negotiations with subcontractors and suppliers “with confidence”, and that compliance with others can be agreed at a later stage.