Swing-gate high as new Cork hotel secures licence to trade

Dean Hotel set to open this month

Cork’s newest rooftop restaurant, Sophie’s, is set to open from December 11. Picture: Deborah O'Keefe/BAM

The architect for the new Dean Hotel in Cork had to field just one question from the State solicitor as the premises was given a licence to trade: “Where is the swing?”

The Dean Hotel has become synonymous with the swing since the incident at their hotel on Harcourt Street, Dublin, which gave rise to the so-called swing-gate controversy.