A former gaol in Armagh, Northern Ireland, is to be transformed as part of a mixed-use redevelopment of the site.

Armagh City and District Council (ACDC) has held a consultation event to gather feedback on plans for a reconciliation and heritage centre as part of the scheme. The attraction will form part of a wider heritage-led development for Armagh Gaol, which also involves Trevor Osborne Property Group and The Prince's Regeneration Trust.

Plans for the gaol also include a new hotel, spa, retail space and residential units and will help transform a previously closed off part of the gaol into an accessibly city resource. Trevor Osborne of Trevor Osborne Property Group said: "The heritage and reconciliation centre is at the very heart of the regeneration and we would be doing the community a disservice if we didn't get its buy in for its proposed development."

Ros Kerslake, chief executive of The Prince's Regeneration Trust, added: "We want the centre to be both a reflective acknowledgement of a difficult past and a real opportunity to promote reconciliation."