New vision for Cork's Marina Market includes event centre and a 5-star hotel

Plans envision a vibrant new cultural district at Marina Market with a live events centre, food hall, and hotel

The Cork Marina Market plan would include a grand hall opening out to the river Lee and a five-star hotel, as well as an events centre and covered street food market.  

Cork’s hugely successful Marina Market could become a new cultural precinct, with an events centre, a covered street food market, a grand hall that opens out to the river, and a five-star hotel, under ambitious new design proposals.

Conceptual images published today, Wednesday, show how award-winning architects have drawn on the site’s industrial history, and channelled the pioneering spirit of the Ford Motor Company and its architect Albert Kahn to reimagine a new future for the south docklands site.