HSE spends €1.1m on Cork mental health facility while waiting for replacement

People march in a public demonstration to protest against the proposed closure of the Owenacurra Mental Health facility in Midleton last year. Picture: David Keane

The HSE has spent €1.1m renting and cleaning a Co Cork mental health facility while waiting 18 months for a replacement centre to become operational.

Since April 2020, the executive has spent €43,000 per month renting and cleaning a facility at Garnish House in Cork city while hosting patients intended to be accommodated there at a newly purchased centre at Glenwood House in Carrigaline.