Addiction recovery hospital to open in Louth

Couple are encouraged to open addiction rehabilitation unit by EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive as Smarmore Castle is renovated

Smarmore Castle in Co Louth will open as a rehabilitation centre in the autumn

The owners of a large addiction recovery hospital in Britain are opening a sister facility in Ireland to capitalise on cross-border health tourism.

Peter McCann and his wife Margaret Ann McCann have purchased Smarmore Castle in County Louth and intend to open the new rehabilitation hospital this autumn.

Peter McCann said they were motivated to expand into Ireland by the EU Cross Border Healthcare Directive, which gives patients extensive new rights to be ...