Joyceans oppose Dublin hotel redevelopment plan

Plans by investors — including AirAsia boss and Queens Park Rangers owner Tony Fernandes — to demolish and redevelop the Ormond Hotel in Dublin are being opposed by the Save Joycean Dublin Committee and local residents.

The hotel, which features in James Joyce’s Ulysses, was bought by developer Bernard McNamara in 2006 for €17m, a year after it closed.

Mr McNamara put it on the market in 2009 with a price tag of €7m, but it was subsequently bought by Mr Fernandes’ Monteco Holdings for less than €2.5m.