Historic Waterford hotel to be used as direct provision centre

Meanwhile, planning granted for new 16-bedroom boutique hotel close to Dungarvan town centre 

Lismore House Hotel will open as a direct provision centre in early February.

One of the country's oldest hotels, located in the Waterford heritage town of Lismore, is to be turned into a direct provision centre.

Lismore House, which was built in 1797, closed as a hotel in 2016, and was bought by MCHT, a Cork-based company, in 2021.