Revealed: The people chosen to deliver Cork's long-delayed event centre

The cost of the delivering the venue has soared from an initial estimate of about €50m to about €150m

The site of the proposed Cork Event Centre on South Main Street. Picture: Larry Cummins

The names of the people tasked with delivering an event centre for Cork have been revealed.

The Irish Examiner has learned that seven people have been chosen to sit on the project development board, which will spend the next 12 to 18 months overseeing the new procurement process announced by Cabinet last October.