Fair bowls: hospitality group acquires Cork's Viaduct Inn for up to €2m with lofty plans to upgrade

Cliste Hospitality expected to upgrade the venue by landmark rail viaduct to the level of other successful Cork bar and brasserie 'reboots'

New plans on track for Cork's Viaduct Inn Bar & Restaurant, Chetwynd, bought for an undisclosed price by hotel and bars group Cliste Hospitality.

A bar/restaurant by a much-loved Cork engineering landmark, the Victorian-era Chetwynd Viaduct, has been bought in an off-market deal by hotel group Cliste Hospitality, for an undisclosed price, likely to be in the €1.5m-€2m region.

The purpose-built roadhouse dates to the 1990s, and is set on a large site close to the 90 foot high steel and stone viaduct, a portal at the edge of Cork city and its western suburbs along the main N71 route to West Cork.