Cork event centre site 'nothing more than an eyesore with a new bridge to nowhere'

Social Democrats TD Pádraig Rice said the Government’s failure to deliver on the event centre indicates its attitude towards the city

Taoiseach Enda Kenny turning the sod on the €50m Cork event centre with Lord Mayor Chris O'Leary; Tánaiste Joan Burton; minister for defence Simon Coveney; CEO of live Nation Ireland Mike Adamson; and BAM Ireland CEO Theo Cullinane. Picture: Daragh McSweeney/Provision

The Government has been accused of leaving a “bridge to nowhere” in Cork by allowing a decade to pass since the sod was turned on the event centre without any progress.

Then Taoiseach Enda Kenny turned the sod on February 12, 2016.