Cork's €30m Premier Inn handed over to operator ahead of late January opening

Three period buildings, formerly Moore's Hotel, are part of the €45m Morrison's Quay redevelopment and will go on the market as offices in the New Year

Aerial view of the new €30m Premier Inn on the former Moore's Hotel site, Morrison's Quay, Cork City

A NEW €30m Premier Inn is ready for final fit out on Cork City's Morrison's Quay, re-establishing a hospitality tradition that began with Moore's Hotel in the 1890s, but halted when the hotel ceased trading almost 20 years ago.

The new 187-bed hotel on the former Moore's Hotel site is part of a wider €45m development that included the restoration and conversion to office buildings of Nos 11, 12 and 13 Morrison's Quay, which formed the original hotel. All three own-door buildings are set to be either sold or leased in the New Year.