Irish Examiner view: Cork docklands budget blown out of the water

The total cost for the project, which is due for completion by 2038, is being estimated at €1.062bn, almost double the original

The Cork Docklands Enabling Infrastructure Project aims to deliver public realm roads, parks, and other cultural spaces for the city, as well as opening up space for 10,000 new houses. 

Can it be possible that Cork’s long-awaited event centre now has a rival for the most outlandish Irish infrastructure story — and one located just a few hundred metres away at that?

This week, Tadgh McNally had a sobering report on the vaunted Cork Docklands Enabling Infrastructure Project, a wide-ranging plan which aims to deliver public realm roads, parks, and other cultural spaces for the city, as well as opening up space for 10,000 new houses.