JD Wetherspoon confident about its Irish prospects

JD Wetherspoon is understood to be confident of succeeding with its €4m hotel and bar plan for Dublin city centre, despite objections from local residents.

The British pub operator has five pubs in Ireland and a long-term target of up to 30.

The plan for a joint 2,300 sq ft bar and 98-room hotel on Dublin’s Camden Street —which would create around 100 jobs — will be its most ambitious Irish-based project, but it has faced objections from local residents citing the already large number of bar venues in the area.