HSE applies for planning to build 95 bed nursing home in Thomastown, Kilkenny

The Health Service Executive (HSE) has applied for planning permission to build a two storey community nursing unit/ residential care building adjoining St. Columba's Hospital in Thomastown.

It will construct 95 en-suite bedrooms (including 20 ensuite bedrooms for residents with dementia) with associated resident accommodation including dining rooms, kitchenettes, day rooms, resident areas with family overnight room, visitor's room, treatment room, a hairdressers salon etc.; Internal courtyards and first floor terrace spaces; associated back of house areas including kitchen and laundry rooms, staff accommodation and ancillary offices; and the widening of the existing access road and construction of a new footpath.