Residents returning to Cork mental health facility despite €1.25m spend on replacement unit

Residents of Millfield House in Blackpool were moved during pandemic and are to return there despite purchase of Glenwood House in Carrigaline

In the HSE’s capital plan for 2021, Glenwood House — which was purchased from the immediate family of the acting head of Cork/Kerry mental health services — is listed as having been bought in order to replace an '“existing unfit-for-purpose HSE-owned dwelling (Millfield House High Support Hostel)'. Picture: Larry Cummins

Residents of a Cork mental health facility vacated due to the Covid-19 pandemic are due to return to it once more despite the HSE having spent €1.25m on a replacement building.