Two hotel plans appealed
Plans for two new hotels in Dublin with a total of almost 350 rooms have been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.

A unit of Dutch hotel company CitizenM received approval last month from Dublin City Council for a 247-bedroom development on a site fronting Bridge Street, close to St Patrick’s Cathedral. It will mark the company’s first property in Ireland. It already operates hotels at locations across Europe, the United States and Asia.
The site is occupied by an industrial warehouse that was formerly part of Jacob’s biscuit factory, and Molyneux House, comprising the converted and extended 19th century Molyneux Church.
A number of appeals to the granting of permission for the scheme have now been made to An Bord Pleanála. A decision on the case is due by the middle of June, according to the planning watchdog.
Plans for a 98-bedroom hotel by Cathedral Leisure have also been appealed to An Bord Pleanála.