Permission granted to convert former Cork tourist office into six-storey hostel

Development to provide 246 hostel bed spaces in 48 rooms

The former tourist office is located on Cork's Grand Parade.

Final planning permission has been granted for a 246-bed hostel on Cork’s Grand Parade.

An Bord Pleanála has given the go-ahead to UK firm Westhill, through an Irish subsidiary Bluescape Limited, to redevelop the former tourist office at 40-42 Grand Parade.