€100m design set to transform tourism capital

AN ambitious €100 million development that could transform the face of Killarney was unveiled yesterday.

Earmarked for a 14-acre site in the Malton Hotel property, the plan includes an 18,000sq m shopping centre, a hotel block, underground parking for more than 1,000 cars, an eight-screen cinema and a 100m viewing tower as a novel feature.

Behind the venture is a local business consortium, including leading hotelier Padraig Treacy and developers Michael O’Shea and Risteard O Lionaird, of Sunday’s Well Properties.