Former Blarney hotel to be converted into community nursing home

HSE confirmed it has taken responsibility for the former hotel building on the site of the Blarney hotel and golf resort site near Tower

Blarney Hotel and Golf resort near Tower, Co Cork. The HSE plan to convert the hotel to a nursing unit. Picture: Larry Cummins

A former hotel in Cork, which closed suddenly over a year ago, is to be converted into a community nursing unit.

The HSE confirmed today that it has taken responsibility for the former hotel building on the site of the Blarney hotel and golf resort site near Tower, on the north-western outskirts of Cork city,  and that contractors moved on site to start its conversion into a 60-bed “Hiqa-compliant community nursing unit”.