Huge jobs boost for belturbet virginia

Sean McMahon

The expansive new €5.2m Oak View Nursing Home at Cavan Road on the outskirts of Belturbet has created a total of 80 jobs - 50 of which are new. The facility is operated by husband and wife team, Mike and Maureen Dennehy.
Mr Dennehy said that the development project has trebled accommodation and has increased the space seven fold.
It went from 5,000 sq ft in the old Oak View to the current 35,000 sq ft facility. The building also features water harvesting and solar panels.
There are now 61 beds in the complex, including a 13-bedroom dementia area and all are at full capacity since June of this year. The Director of Care at the nursing home is Geraldine Donohoe, while Seanie Cassidy from Ballyconnell is the activities manager. Activities include musical entertainment in the home, group bowling, tea in the Slieve Russell hotel and also day trips.
Mr Dennehy thanked Derry Scanlon from Cavan County Council for all his help during the project and also in relation to the extension of the footpath from the town out to the facility.
He also thanked the Bank of Ireland for keeping confidence in them and seeing the project right to completion, in particular commercial manager, Kieran Tuite, for his assistance in relation to funding.
Former councillor, Liz McDermott, who campaigned for the provision of the footpath, is delighted to see the project coming to fruition. “I’m delighted for Mike and Maureen Dennehy. They have provided a magnificent new nursing home and we are delighted to have a facility of such quality in Belturbet. They are creating very valuable employment,” she said.

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Meanwhile, more jobs are promised for Virginia from celebrity chef Richard Corrigan at his Park Hotel.
The chef, who spent a large portion of his youth in Cavan Town, returned to the county last year to buy the Park Hotel - where he married 29 years ago - for around €1.2M and is already exporting produce from the grounds to his awarding-winning restaurant chain in England.
Corrigan temporarily plans to showcase the work undertaken at the lodge to the public and grounds at the Virginia Pumpkin Festival in October.
In addition to the price, he is further promising 60-70 jobs at the hotel and restaurant with €1.1M worth of work on getting the lodge, restaurant and grounds up and running some time next year and plans to launch his next book at the 100-acre location, of which locals already report the addition of a glass-fronted dining room.
The announcement comes with his confirmation that his London group of restaurants are set for a record year in 2014.