Cork's floating hotel ‘will go ahead’

The man proposing Ireland’s first floating hotel, on Cork’s city quays, says he is still committed to the project, despite delays in the planning process.

Following consultation with Bord Fáilte, the planned facility on the city’s northern quays will not be called a hotel, due to applicable standards, but a ‘botel’.

Sam Corbett, who had hoped to have the luxury river cruise vessel in place by August, said requests from city planners for further information have pushed the delivery date closer to the end of this year.