Advanced works to start on ‘new CMH’ in Portrane

The HSE has put to tender the advanced works to facilitate the construction of the new National Forensic Mental Health Facility at Portrane in north Co Dublin, a therapeutic environment that would “promote patient rehabilitation and recovery”. The facility is meant to replace the Central Mental Hospital (CMH) in Dundrum. Works required will include the construction of a temporary construction access road, the demolition of three single-storey buildings (Reilly’s Hill, Willowbrook and old shed), a five-storey building (Nurses Home) and a two-storey building (House 100), the removal of asbestos and the re-routing of the pedestrian footpath. Back in March, local…