Approval given to €2m Cork cancer support centre

Supports for cancer patients in Cork look set to improve after planning permission was granted for a care centre near one of the city’s busiest hospitals.

The plan is to provide counselling and other psychological services that will help improve quality of life for patients of the Mercy University Hospital.

The cancer care centre is to be built by the Mercy University Hospital Cork Foundation, which has just received planning permission for the project from Cork City Council. It will be constructed on Woods St, less than a five-minute walk from the hospital, just off Dyke Parade.