Budget hotel operator Premier Inn – which operates in Ireland, the UK and Germany – has been given the go-ahead to expand its presence in Cork, with a second property set for the city.
Whitbread – the UK conglomerate which owns Premier Inn – has been granted planning permission, by Cork City Council, to build a new 173-bedroom hotel on the corner of MacCurtain Street and Brian Boru Street on Cork City’s northside.
The €30m development will be built on the site of the old Leisureplex building, which Whitbread acquired early last year.
Premier Inn opened its first property in Cork – on Morrison’s Quay – last year.
