Concerns raised about 'dominating effect' of proposed new hotel for Cork's Coliseum

The proposal for the new hotel included modifications to the existing facade of the former postal sorting office, which is a protected structure, to allow for the construction of a five- to seven-storey building on MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street.

The old Coliseum cinema, MacCurtain Street, Cork pictured in 1953.

A proposed new hotel on the site of the former Coliseum cinema in Cork city has hit a stumbling block after city planners raised concerns about the "dominating effect" the structure would have on the street.