Dalata Hotel Group outlines hotel plan for Cork

The owner of two of Ireland’s biggest hotel brands, the Dalata Hotel Group, has said trading in the last four months performed marginally above expectations as it lodged its planning application for a hotel in Cork’s South Mall yesterday.

Dalata, which owns the Clayton and Maldron brands, lodged its application with Cork City Council for a hotel bounding Beasley St, South Mall, and Parnell St. It bought the loans from Lone Star for €10.2m earlier this year.

Dalata has indicated it will inject €22m into its redevelopment. A hotel was started in 2007 and planning permission granted, including for a double underground basement car park, spa, and leisure centre, reception area, bar, cafe, restaurant and 121 bedrooms, but the project fell by the wayside soon after.