Councillors approve €128k package to re-roof Cork City's Firkin Crane dance centre

The Dance Cork Firkin Crane board has secured €20,000 through its own resources while 'all available fundraising routes have been exhausted'

City councillors approved the funding at the May meeting of Cork City Council after they were told that without repairs to its leaking roof, there was a risk that the protected building in Shandon faced closure this winter for health and safety reasons. File picture: Denis Minihane

An emergency public funding package of almost €128,000 has been approved to help pay for the re-roofing of the Firkin Crane dance centre in Cork City and secure the building's future.

City councillors approved the funding at the May meeting of Cork City Council after they were told that without repairs to its leaking roof, there was a risk that the protected building in Shandon faced closure this winter for health and safety reasons.