Little to show for year as European Capital of Culture

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / November 10

The largest single project in Cork this year was not the Glucksman Gallery, but Mahon Point. Opened last February, this €230 million development by O'Callaghan Properties was billed as "Ireland's newest and most spectacular shopping centre", even though it came from the same stable as Liffey Valley in Dublin. Another glorified retailing box, with Debenhams at one end and Tesco at the other, it has 48 units laid out on either side of a two-level mall, under a glazed roof with a 12-metre span, and an 11-screen multiplex. Its "food court", lined by fast-food outlets as predictable as the shops, has all the allure of a holiday camp canteen.

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