Investigation launched after demolition for Cork city sleeper hotel

An investigation is underway following the demolition of a building on Cork’s MacCurtain Street to pave the way for a €7m ‘city-sleeper’ hotel.

Officials from Cork City Council’s planning department visited the construction site at 54/55 MacCurtain St today to inspect and assess the extent of work in recent days which has included the demolition of the former Windsor Inn building, a 19th-century four-storey masonry building which had traded as a bar, venue and guest accommodation over many decades.