HSE to sell former Cork hospital on open market

The HSE is planning to dispose of a huge, fire-damaged former hospital on the open market, despite calls from a local authority for the site to be used for housing.

It comes amid mounting concerns over the future of the former St Kevin’s unit, in Shanakiel, on the northside of Cork city, seven months on from a devastating fire.

City councillors questioned city officials, last week, about the status of the HSE-owned building and site, and whether progress was being made, in relation to its use as a possible location for housing.