US billionaire gets green light for Hilton expansion

US billionaire John Malone has secured planning permission for a major extension to his Hilton hotel at Charlemont Place at Grand Canal in Dublin after An Bord Pleanála gave the go-ahead for a seven-storey, 97-bedroom extension.

This will result in the Hilton Dublin hotel having a total of 305 bedrooms.

Mr Malone, reputed to be the largest landowner in the US, bought the hotel for around €30m in 2014.