{"id":678834,"date":"2026-09-08T16:42:18","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678834\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T16:42:18","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T16:42:18","slug":"luxury-hotel-to-reopen-on-thursday-following-recent-norovirus-outbreak-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/678834\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxury hotel to reopen on Thursday following recent norovirus outbreak \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

A luxury Co Westmeath<\/a> hotel that had to temporarily close following a norovirus outbreak last month is due to reopen on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Glasson Lakehouse, a four-star hotel located 13km from Athlone, closed on August 26th<\/a> following advice from the HSE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Four couples due to celebrate their weddings at the hotel in the last two weeks had to find alternative venues<\/a>, including a couple from Galway who managed to rearrange their plans in just a few hours<\/a>. <\/p>\n

A spokeswoman for Glasson Lakehouse said the hotel would reopen on Thursday, with weddings due to take place there this weekend.<\/p>\n

Norovirus, which causes diarrhoea and vomiting, is one of the most common stomach bugs. It is understood that a significant number of guests and staff at the hotel were impacted by the virus last month.<\/p>\n

The spokeswoman previously said hotel management \u201cdeeply\u201d regretted the inconvenience caused by the outbreak and thanked guests for their patience.<\/p>\n

[\u00a0From devastation to pure love: Couple finds venue after hotel closes two days before weddingOpens in new window<\/a>\u00a0]<\/p>\n

The HSE last week said it had \u201cprovided comprehensive public health and environmental health advice, information and support to assist the premises in developing and reviewing its reopening plans\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile the HSE can provide expert guidance on risk management measures, the decision to reopen is a matter for the premises management team following its own assessment of the risks and operational considerations,\u201d it said in a statement.<\/p>\n

Careful food handling and hand hygiene help prevent the spread of norovirus, the HSE said.<\/p>\n

People who are unwell with norovirus should stay off work or school until they have been symptom free for 48 hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A luxury Co Westmeath hotel that had to temporarily close following a norovirus outbreak last month is due…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[40],"tags":[9,10,18,13,14,287305,6,2450,19,17,11,12,15,16,5,7,8,19871],"class_list":["post-678834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-glasson","tag-headlines","tag-health-service-executive-hse","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories","tag-westmeath"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/117236422857134613","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}