Old hospital may be used to ease Dingle housing crisis

Kerry County Council is looking to acquire the disused Dingle hospital with a view to creating housing for seasonal tourism staff and single locals.

The large three-storey building overlooking the harbour town began life as a workhouse in the 19th century. It later became a hospital and is where the storyteller Peig Sayers died in 1958.

Closed since the west Kerry community hospital opened in 2010, there have been calls to convert it into an arts and education centre.