Sale of hospital to fund move for hospice

THE planned sale of a 140-year-old hospital will help fund the move to a new €55 million hospice facility, west of Cork city.

Marymount/St Patrick’s Hospital is vacating its historic city home at Wellington Road, St Luke’s Cross, ending a continuous caring link for the seriously ill and elderly, stretching back to 1870.

Now, possible alternative uses mooted for the linked Victorian buildings on five elevated acres above the city, include educational for space-pressed neighbouring schools or colleges, private hospital, apartments or other accommodation.