Corks pop for first Premier Inn outside Dublin

Whitbread is the owner of Premier Inn in Cork city centre

The new Premier Inn hotel in central Cork will have 183 bedrooms

Britain’s largest hotel business has ramped up its expansion programme in Ireland with a fourth site acquisition.

Whitbread, the owner of Premier Inn, working with its development partners Greenleaf Group and Warren Private, has secured a deal for a new Premier Inn hotel in Cork city centre, marking its first site in Ireland outside Dublin.

Premier Inn has grown its presence here from a single hotel at Dublin Airport to 3,500 rooms in ...