Premier Inn hotel chain purchases Cork's Leisureplex entertainment complex

Former Coliseum cinema is to be redeveloped into a 168-bedroom hotel

The Leisureplex premise is located on the corner of MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street.

Leisureplex, the entertainment complex on MacCurtain St, is set to become Cork City’s second Premier Inn hotel.

The Whitbread group, which owns the Premier Inn brand, has confirmed that it has purchased the site of the former Coliseum cinema and that it intends to redevelop it into a 168-bedroom hotel, subject to planning permission.