Older Corkonians have such fond and warm memories of the old Opera House that it was bound to be difficult for the new structure to find a place in their hearts. But the architect Micheal Scott seems scarcely to have tried at all. Financial constraints and the fashion of the time resulted in a bleak and cold structure of which the largest facade is a grey and dirty wall, featureless but for a fire exit. The recently cut stage door and the large letters, reading TOYOTA, emblazoned along the top add insult to injury by detracting from the structure's one virtue - it's simplicity.