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Wed 05 May 2007Lots of schemes in store for CorkA major indoor conference/concert venue. Cork City Council has offered to take a 25 per cent stake in the development to a maximum value of €12 million which would ideally be built within a few kilometres of the city centre. The closing date for submissions is the end of June.The opening of the Interactive Astronomy Centre at Blackrock Castle next month to develop the city's urban tourism further following the development of the €10 million Lifetime Lab, an interactive environmental education centre at the old waterworks at the Lee Road