€2.5m investment into Boole house is logical

There’s more than one logical reason for the €2.5m investment in the building renewal at 5 Grenville Place, in the heart of Cork city, on a bend at the River Lee’s North Channel.

The first, €950,000, phase of stabilising the 18th century building which for a crucial period was the lodgings of George Boole — the founder of Boolean algebra, which underpins the workings of today’s computers — is now coming to a close, though it’s likely to be two more years before it opens fully as a visitor and innovation centre.

The work-in-progress near the Tyndall Institute, Mercy Hospital, and the historic North Mall where other important buildings have been conserved, was visited in recent days by the just-retired president of UCC, Dr Michael Murphy, and the project is co-funded by UCC and Cork City Council.