Former Cork bank to be converted into hotel and music venue for 'Instagram generation'

The former home to the National Irish Bank, at No 71 South Mall, already has planning permission for conversion to a 58-bed hotel, obtained in 2019.

Former National Irish bank at South Mall. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

A former bank on South Mall is set to be converted into a hotel “the likes of which Cork has never seen” following its purchase by a prominent hotelier for a sum believed to be in excess of €3m.

It is one of five pipeline hotels in the city which, between them, will add more than 700 extra hotel beds.