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Sat 07 Jul 2008Bid for €15m to turn Spike Island into Alcatraz-style attraction
HERITAGE CAMPAIGNIRELAND MAY soon have its very own Alcatraz-style prison tourist attraction.
Heritage campaigners have applied for a multi-million euro grant to transform Spike Island in Cork Harbour into a visitor centre similar to the one on the site of Alcatraz prison in San Francisco.
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