Paul Newman's Hole in the Wall Gang charity is getting a whole new bunch of walls.

The actor said Saturday that he is turning an Irish castle into a summer camp for sick children.Newman said he will lease Barretstown Castle, 25 miles southwest of Dublin, from the government for a token payment of about $1.45 a year.

He plans to spend $5.8 million converting the castle and its 500 acres of parkland into a vacation retreat for sick children from Ireland, Britain and continental Europe.

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