Cork's pub trade gets a shot in the arm as it emerges from Covid

A range of new venues are planned or under development in the city

The Pier Head Inn, Blackrock, Cork is to close shortly for renovation work. The owners of Goldbergs, Rory O’Leary and Liam Barry, have taken out a long-term lease on the venue. Picture: Larry Cummins

After 18 months in the doldrums, the pub trade in Cork City is showing some positive uplift with a number of new venues on the way both in the city centre and the suburbs.

Work is well underway to return the Pavilion ‘Pav’ bar and nightclub to its glory days, according to Benny McCabe, who bought the premises with his brother Leo for €1.3m, although it will not be open in time for the Guinness Cork Jazz Festival next month, as originally planned. A November opening is now more likely, Mr McCabe said.