Dublin hotel plan blocked by An Taisce

Plans by the Athlone, Co Westmeath-based Hodson Bay Group to expand into the booming Dublin hotel market have been halted by an appeal from An Taisce.

Dublin City Council has approved plans by the family-owned group which owns the Hodson Bay Hotel, Sheraton Athlone Hotel and Galway Bay Hotel to build a six-storey four-star 263 bedroom hotel in the Liberties area of the capital.

However, An Taisce has appealed the decision and a final ruling on the appeal is now due in October.