Swiss property management snaps up St Patrick's street landmark for €1.8m

Serial investor has purchased multiple commercial properties in Cork City.

A new restaurant operator will be sought for the upper floors of No 23 St Patrick’s Street, former home to the Tung Sing Chinese restaurant, which closed in 2024. The building, which also houses jeweller H Samuel on the ground floor, has sold to a Swiss investor for in excess of €1.8m. Picture: Larry Cummins

A prolific Swiss investor has bought the former Tung Sing restaurant premises in Cork City in a deal worth in excess of €1.8m.

The St Patrick’s Street building is the latest in a string of city centre properties purchased by the Swiss businessman since he set up an Irish-registered property company six years ago.