Cork hotel renovates room where Michael Collins spent his last night

The Imperial Hotel in Cork City has renovated room 115 into a suite in his honour, complete with four-poster bed and furniture dating from the period

Michael Collins leaving the Imperial Hotel the day before he died in August 1922. Picture: W J O'Donovan

The historic hotel where Michael Collins spent his last night alive will host his family for special commemorative events on the weekend marking the centenary of his death.

The Imperial Hotel in Cork City has detailed its plans, which include the unveiling of a new Collins portrait and the renovation of room 115, where Collins spent his final nights alive, into a suite in his honour.