Letters to the Editor: Cork cinema revamp is welcome

Irish Examiner readers consider issues including the fate of a Cork cinema, driving test delays, the GAA season, the environment, and censorship

The Gate Cinema on North Main St in Cork will reopen in November as part of the Arc group after refurbishment.  File picture: Eddie O'Hare

The news that the Arc Cinema group is taking over the Gate Cinema in Cork city centre is a very exciting development for the Southwest (Cork’s Gate cinema to shut for ‘major refurbishment’ for several months, Saturday, August 12).

Having last been to the iconic Gate in May, the inside (not to mention the bland outside) looked a little bit worse for wear and the planned refurbishment will work wonders for North Main St.