Step-down facility for recovering addicts set to open in Cork city

It has taken over 11 years and intense political pressure but a step-down facility for recovering addicts, which has lain vacant for over a decade, is finally set to open in Cork on Wednesday.

The Cuan Mhuire charity confirmed that it will open a 16-bed step-down facility for clients exiting its residential detox and rehab programmes, in a former bed and breakfast on the city’s Western Rd.