Update: €6m expansion plans lodged for popular Cork hotel

The development will almost double the number of rooms along with a new spa and cinema

Michael Magner, owner of the Vienna Woods Hotel in Glanmire. Picture: Howard Crowdy

A WELL-KNOWN Cork hotel is planning a major €6m expansion, including almost doubling its bedrooms.

The Vienna Woods Country House Hotel, which has already undergone a €5m upgrade since 2006, has lodged a planning application with Cork City Council to add 42 additional bedrooms to the existing 45.