Cabinet approves detailed business case for Cork Event Centre as council gets green light to proceed with tendering 

Welcoming the development, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the Cabinet's approval represents 'a very significant, welcome step'

In 2016, then taoiseach Enda Kenny turned the sod on the development at the proposed Beamish and Crawford site. At the time, the centre was due to host concerts and conferences by 2018. File picture: Chani Anderson

Ensuring value for money will be a key consideration in the Cork Event Centre after the project received the green light to proceed to tendering.

Cabinet has approved a detailed business case for the centre, which has been described as a vital infrastructural project to help safeguard the future of the city centre, but which has been hampered by setbacks and controversy.