Cork City Council chief predicts €80m event centre to proceed
Combined State investment of €50m at play in project undertaken by BAM and Live Nation
National children’s hospital builder posts 12% fall in profits
BAM Ireland, firm behind spiralling cost site, says building industry in ‘fragile state’
€80m event centre in Cork city gets planning approval
Business leaders hopeful Government and developers can resolve €10m funding issue
McKillen jnr backers lend €80m into Ireland in first six months of 2019
GreenOak’s Crampton drives business with loans to Oakmount and Avestus arm
Delivery date needed for €80m Cork events centre, says hotel industry
Over 1,500 additional hotel rooms to come on stream in years ahead, says hotel organisation
Cork pub sells pints for less than 10 cent to mark centenary
The Oval will be pouring glasses of Beamish on Tuesday and selling it at 1918 prices
Cork Event Centre developer ‘100% committed’ to the project despite delays
The cost of the project has since risen to between €75 million and €80 million with both Bam International and Live Nation requesting a further €10 million in state funding
Viking houses from 1070 found in Cork dig at former Beamish & Crawford brewery
Archeologist says city as old as Waterford but Norsemen landed on Suirside earlier
Viking centre discovered in Cork city predates Waterford settlement
Items including swords and foundations of buildings found at site of the planned events centre
Southern charms
There is a lot going for the southern half of the country when it comes to business or setting up a second office outside Dublin
Councillors told to stop arguing about Cork getting seven times bigger
Coveney says expanding city boundary into county will be good for region
Farmers criticise boundary extension plan for Cork city
Senior IFA figures warn that expanding city will hit delivery of services to remote areas
Report on Cork local government reform due before June
Coveney discreet on recommendations but Minister believes content politically saleable
Coveney to publish Cork local government reform report in two weeks
Advisory group examines both merger and expansion of Cork councils options in review
Cork council reform proposals expected by late February
Minister Simon Coveney urges quick turnaround to allow for 2019 local elections
Coveney confident €50m Cork event centre will proceeed
Lack of progress has been cause for concern but Minister says clear timeframe will emerge shortly
Ex-Siemens executive Paul Lynam appointed to ESB board
One-time brewery manager Alf Smiddy to become director of State energy company
Coveney confident Cork councils ‘merger’ will be resolved
Minister says all options on table after report suggests City and County councils merge
Simon Coveney to address Cork council merger this year
Minister says ‘significant process’ will be made to reform local government in Cork
Achieving Cork council reform possible, says Simon Coveney
Minister will not avoid ‘awkward’ issue, calls for ‘blunt and honest conversations’
Taoiseach says resources available to halt gangland crime
Tánaiste calls for a full cabinet minister to deal with primary care issues in health
Cork sites in city and suburbs
City centre site is at Washington St and Passage West dockyard site is 14km south of the city
Nazi links and colourful history of Beamish and Crawford
New book on Cork brewery details marriage of Carin Beamish to Hermann Goering
Cork council to challenge merger proposal
Cork City Council will be first local authority to mount legal challenge against Government
Mayor of County Cork issues plea on legal action over merger
Cork city and county should work in spirit of co-operation, says Cllr John Paul O’Shea
Cork Chamber’s support for council merger disingenuous, says Mayor
Jerry Buttimer says local government review group fails to show evidence for merger
Cork business groups clash over council merger plans
Cork Chamber and Cork Business Association take opposing views of proposal
Mayor accuses Minister of vandalism in ‘abolishing’ council
SF’s Cllr Chris O’Leary calls Alan Kelly’s decision fundamentally anti-democratic
Former Cork Business Association head backs city and county councils merger plan
Workers Party say merger plan would be a disaster for both Cork city and county
Planning experts oppose merger of Cork city and county councils
Proposal would not address divergent needs of city and rural communities, say experts
Reform of local government set to undermine status and power of Cork City in driving the economy of the south west
‘Super-council’ will see key urban area absorbed by rural hinterlands
Cork in ‘virgin territory’ with proposed merger of councils
It is expected that the new Cork authority will be in place by the 2019 local elections
Why Cork should resist attempts to merge councils
Former mayors are right: merger would seal Cork’s fate as a second-tier city
BAM expected to win State contract worth €100m
Three divisions of the construction and engineering group joined forces to make the bid
Cork local government review may not have time to do its work
Expert concerned that Dept of Environment may assist and urge greater centralisation
Review chairman to consult widely on Cork boundary changes
New model for local government could see a much larger metropolitan area being created
Rebuilding Cork: a slicker city
A series of projects in the pipeline could transform the port and city
Decision on where to locate €50 million event centre in Cork likely to be delayed
Withdrawal of venue operator Live Nation impacts on tender for State-assisted centre
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