Cork event centre at a 'crucial point', Coveney says

Enterprise Minister said process of agreeing a cost had to be finalised 'in the coming weeks' but declined to give a timeline

Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney: 'I don’t think people will have to wait much longer for that process to conclude.'  Picture: Brian Lougheed

THE seven-year saga to try and build a major event centre in Cork City is at “a crucial point” with no guarantee of a successful outcome, according to Enterprise Minister Simon Coveney.

“I think this is a project that is going to happen, but it’s not there yet in terms of an agreement between the Government and the developers on final costs, and who contributes what to that cost,” said Mr Coveney, who was in Cork to address the Construction Industry Federation Southern Construct Summit at the Rochestown Park Hotel.