Former mental hospital set to become up-market hotel

A FORMER mental hospital could become a plush new multi-million euro hotel.

The owners of Our Lady’s Hospital in Cork City have signalled their intention to apply for planning for a 235-bed hotel at the old hospital building complex, as well as aiming to convert sections of the stone built Victorian structure to new apartments.

It is one of several new hotels planned for Cork City as the 2005 City of Culture year approaches.