The Irish Times

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

Tue Mar 23 2021 - 21:01

National children’s hospital builder posts 12% fall in profits

BAM Ireland, firm behind spiralling cost site, says building industry in ‘fragile state’

Fri Nov 22 2019 - 05:09

€80m event centre in Cork city gets planning approval

Business leaders hopeful Government and developers can resolve €10m funding issue

Mon Oct 14 2019 - 11:57

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

Wed Jul 03 2019 - 05:45

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

Mon Feb 18 2019 - 16:21

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

Tue Dec 18 2018 - 16:42

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

Thu May 24 2018 - 09:10

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

Thu May 24 2018 - 01:06

Viking centre discovered in Cork city predates Waterford settlement

Items including swords and foundations of buildings found at site of the planned events centre

Wed Jan 10 2018 - 08:09

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

Wed Oct 18 2017 - 00:00

Councillors told to stop arguing about Cork getting seven times bigger

Coveney says expanding city boundary into county will be good for region

Thu Oct 05 2017 - 16:44

Farmers criticise boundary extension plan for Cork city

Senior IFA figures warn that expanding city will hit delivery of services to remote areas

Fri Sept 01 2017 - 10:47

Report on Cork local government reform due before June

Coveney discreet on recommendations but Minister believes content politically saleable

Mon May 08 2017 - 14:37

Coveney to publish Cork local government reform report in two weeks

Advisory group examines both merger and expansion of Cork councils options in review

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 10:02

Cork council reform proposals expected by late February

Minister Simon Coveney urges quick turnaround to allow for 2019 local elections

Mon Jan 16 2017 - 01:00

Coveney confident €50m Cork event centre will proceeed

Lack of progress has been cause for concern but Minister says clear timeframe will emerge shortly

Mon Nov 14 2016 - 08:44

Ex-Siemens executive Paul Lynam appointed to ESB board

One-time brewery manager Alf Smiddy to become director of State energy company

Wed Oct 05 2016 - 20:14

Coveney confident Cork councils ‘merger’ will be resolved

Minister says all options on table after report suggests City and County councils merge

Sun Sept 11 2016 - 12:42

Simon Coveney to address Cork council merger this year

Minister says ‘significant process’ will be made to reform local government in Cork

Mon Jun 27 2016 - 06:58

Achieving Cork council reform possible, says Simon Coveney

Minister will not avoid ‘awkward’ issue, calls for ‘blunt and honest conversations’

Thu May 12 2016 - 08:42

Taoiseach says resources available to halt gangland crime

Tánaiste calls for a full cabinet minister to deal with primary care issues in health

Fri Feb 12 2016 - 20:08

Cork sites in city and suburbs

City centre site is at Washington St and Passage West dockyard site is 14km south of the city

Wed Nov 04 2015 - 09:30

Nazi links and colourful history of Beamish and Crawford

New book on Cork brewery details marriage of Carin Beamish to Hermann Goering

Tue Oct 27 2015 - 01:00

Cork council to challenge merger proposal

Cork City Council will be first local authority to mount legal challenge against Government

Tue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00

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

Mon Sept 21 2015 - 18:38

Cork Chamber’s support for council merger disingenuous, says Mayor

Jerry Buttimer says local government review group fails to show evidence for merger

Mon Sept 21 2015 - 07:36

Cork business groups clash over council merger plans

Cork Chamber and Cork Business Association take opposing views of proposal

Sat Sept 19 2015 - 10:50

Mayor accuses Minister of vandalism in ‘abolishing’ council

SF’s Cllr Chris O’Leary calls Alan Kelly’s decision fundamentally anti-democratic

Fri Sept 18 2015 - 21:25

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

Mon Sept 14 2015 - 11:41

Planning experts oppose merger of Cork city and county councils

Proposal would not address divergent needs of city and rural communities, say experts

Fri Sept 11 2015 - 00:01

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

Wed Sept 09 2015 - 01:00

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

Tue Sept 08 2015 - 19:07

Why Cork should resist attempts to merge councils

Former mayors are right: merger would seal Cork’s fate as a second-tier city

Mon Aug 17 2015 - 05:00

BAM expected to win State contract worth €100m

Three divisions of the construction and engineering group joined forces to make the bid

Mon Jun 08 2015 - 01:01