Damaged hotel will rise like a phoenix, vow owners

A LUXURY hotel which suffered extensive damage in the flood will rise like a phoenix, its owners have vowed.

Tom McCarthy and Tom Kelly, who own the Kingsley Hotel on Cork’s Carrigrohane Road, also intend to retain as many of their 130 staff as possible

“As we wait for the insurers to come up with a final assessment of the damage to the hotel, we have been faced with the task of letting all temporary staff go because the hotel is not operational,” managing director Sandra McCarthy said.