Religious group gets planning for Waterford rehab centre 

The Refuge of the Immaculate Heart of Mary will convert a dormer bungalow into a residential care centre on a six-acre site near Clashmore

The female-only post-detoxification treatment centre project has been endorsed by the Bishop of Waterford and Lismore Alphonsus Cullinan.

A Dublin-based religious group has received planning for a female-only post-detoxification treatment centre in west Waterford.

Waterford Council granted permission to the Refuge of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (RIHM) to convert a dormer bungalow into a residential care centre, a three-bed dwelling for nuns, an oratory, and Covid-19 isolation unit, on a six-acre site near Clashmore.