A new hotel has been given the go-ahead in Kilkenny city.
Planning permission’s been granted for the four-story development with 138 bedrooms and 36 short-let apartments.
It’ll be on the site of the old Smithwicks Cash-n-Carry with entrances on Walkin St and New Street.
The old warehouse will have to be demolished first and the hotel will of course have a bar and restaurant on the ground floor with the lobby.
Meanwhile, hear what Kilkenny Chamber President Colin Ahern, who’s also General Manager of nearby Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel, had to say on The Way It Is with Sue Nunn here: