Knights’ free ‘hotel’ for ill patients

A NEW €8 million accommodation, nearing completion in Cork, will be like a four-star hotel, but will be absolutely free-of-charge to guests.

However, when it is opened in September, people occupying one of the 24 family rooms in Bru Columbanus will have more to worry about than hotel service.

They will be family members of critically ill patients in Cork hospitals, staying in a project which will be run and funded by the Knights of St Columbanus.