Taoiseach defends €93m cost of redeveloping Cork's Crawford Gallery 

Micheál Martin said the iconic gallery project was 'of a different scale from what was originally conceived in 2013'

Junior minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran, Taoiseach Micheál Martin, and culture minister Patrick O’Donovan at the launch of the Crawford Art Gallery redevelopment project in Cork City on Friday. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has defended massive cost increases at Cork City’s Crawford Gallery as he officially launched the €93m redevelopment of the iconic building.

Described as a “once in a multi-generation investment by the State”, it is one of the biggest National Development Plan projects of its kind.