Hotel reopens fit for The Kingsley

A hotel which had to close following extensive flooding five years ago will reopen today following an almost €5m investment.

The Kingsley hotel was deluged in the major floods that decimated parts of the Cork city in 2009 and the hotel was hit so badly that 232 guests had to be evacuated as rushing water swept into the city along the River Lee.

Its owners at the time, Tom McCarthy and Tom Kelly, were forced to close the hotel with the loss of 130 jobs. Late last year, it was purchased by the Kang family, who also own the Fota Island Resort, and they have just completed a major refurbishment.