Cork City Council to host special meeting to discuss event centre funding

Councillors call for the withdrawal of a request for additional state funding for the controversial project

With €57m in state funding already pledged, costs have soared for the proposed event centre at the former Beamish & Crawford on South Main Street in  Cork.

Three city councillors have forced the holding of a special meeting of Cork City Council to discuss their calls for the withdrawal of what they say is a request for additional state funding for the controversial event centre project.

The meeting will have just that one item on the agenda - their motion that the council “rescinds the request for additional funding from central government in respect of the contract with BAM for the Cork event centre and instead secures central government funding for a publicly owned and operated” venue.