Extra funding for Cork event centre due 'very soon' says Michael McGrath 

Former Finance Minister Michael McGrath said that a Government decision on extra state funding for Cork's long-awaited event centre is due 'very soon'.

Michael McGrath TD; with  Carmel O’Connor, president of Zooligocal Society of Ireland; Christoph Schwitzer, director Dublin Zoo, at the official opening of Fota Wildlife Park’s Education, Conservation and Research Centre in Cork. The former Minister for Finance said more State funding is due for Cork's event centre.  Picture: Darragh Kane

A Government decision on extra State funding for the Cork event centre is due “very soon”, the former finance minister Michael McGrath has said.

It is understood that with the Dáil rising for the summer recess on July 11, a decision could be announced within the next two weeks.